1 Kings 19:12

“And after the earthquake a fire, [but] the Lord was not in the fire, etc.] As he was when he descended on this mount, and spake to Moses, (<021901>Exodus 19:1-25), the Targum, and so Jarchi, interpret all these appearances of angels, and not amiss; the wind, of an host of angels of wind; the earthquake, of an host of angels of commotion; the fire, of an host of angels of fire; (see <19A404>Psalm 104:4), these ministers of the Lord went before him, to prepare the way of his glorious Majesty; which emblems may represent the power of God, the terribleness of his majesty, and the fury of his wrath, which he could display, if he would, to the destruction of his enemies; and could as easily…”

“A still small voice - literally, “a sound of soft stillness.” The teaching is a condemnation of that “zeal” which Elijah had gloried in, a zeal exhibiting itself in fierce and terrible vengeances, and an exaltation and recommendation of that mild and gentle temper, which “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.” But it was so contrary to the whole character of the stern, harsh, unsparing Tishbite, that it could have found no ready entrance into his heart. It may have for a while moderated his excessive zeal, and inclined him to gentler courses; but later in his life the old harshness recurred in a deed in reference to which our Lord himself drew the…”

“A still voice - To intimate, that God would do his work in and for Israel in his own time, not by might or power, but by his own spirit, Zac 4:6, which moves with a powerful, but yet with a sweet and gentle gale. 3 Kings (1 Kings) 19:13”

“a fire: Kg1 18:38; Gen 15:17; Exo 3:2; Deu 4:11, Deu 4:12, Deu 4:33; Kg2 1:10, Kg2 2:11; Heb 12:29 a still: Exo 34:6; Job 4:16, Job 33:7; Zac 4:6; Act 2:2, Act 2:36, Act 2:37 3 Kings (1 Kings) 19:13”