1 Kings 19:13 (WEB)
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
Catechism · 1
“Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 19:1-14; cf. Ex 33:19-23.
Fathers and councils · 3
Jerome
“Therefore they could stand, as Elijah, in the crevice of the rock, they could pass through the needle’s eye, and behold the back parts of the Lord.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 11–13, cf. Exod. xxxiii. 21–23.
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Tertullian
““What (doest) thou, Elijah, here?”” — editor's note: Vers. 9, 13.
Read the whole comment“For Patience sits on the throne of that calmest and gentlest Spirit, who is not found in the roll of the whirlwind, nor in the leaden hue of the cloud, but is of soft serenity, open and simple, whom Elias saw at his third essay.” — editor's note: i.e., as Rigaltius (referred to by Oehler), explains, after the two visions of angels who appeared to him and said, “Arise and eat.” See 1 Kings xix. 4–13. [It…
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together with
Cited together in On Patience Chapter 15.
Parallel passages
Judges 9:35 and 1 Kings 19:13 share the same wording (9 words).