3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. …
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)One would have expected, after such a public and sensible manifestation of the glory of God and such a clear decision of the controversy depending between him and Baal, to the honour of Elijah, the confusion of Baal’s prophets, and the universal satisfaction of the people—after they had seen both fire and water come from heaven at the prayer of Elijah, and both in mercy to them, the one as it sign…
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