# Elijah at Mount Horeb - The Book of 1 Kings

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 28 Nov 2023, 14 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 97. Elijah went to a special mountain and heard God's quiet voice, not in loud winds or earthquakes. This made Elijah feel better and gave him strength to keep going, showing that sometimes God speaks to us in gentle ways, and we should listen with our hearts. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: Elijah arose and ate and drank and went in the
[0:04] Speaker 1: strength of that food forty days and forty nights at Horeb,
[0:10] Speaker 1: God's mountain. He came to a cave and camped there,
[0:14] Speaker 1: and behold, the Lord's word came to him. 1 Kings 19,
[0:19] Speaker 1: 8-9 Dear God, thank you that you are our strength.
[0:28] Speaker 1: You give us exactly what we need when times are
[0:31] Speaker 1: good and when times are bad. You have given us
[0:35] Speaker 1: your word and you speak truth to our hearts. Please
[0:40] Speaker 1: teach us more about you as we learn about Elijah
[0:44] Speaker 1: listening to your voice. You are so good and we
[0:49] Speaker 1: love you so much. Please open our eyes to things
[0:55] Speaker 1: we haven't seen. and teach us things we do not know.
[1:00] Speaker 1: In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:38] Speaker 3: Elijah at Mount Horeb. In our last story, Elijah showed
[1:44] Speaker 3: himself to Ahab and challenged all the prophets of Baal.
[1:48] Speaker 3: The god Baal gave no answer, but the Lord answered
[1:52] Speaker 3: Elijah's prayer with fire. In this story, after finding rest
[1:58] Speaker 3: and retreat at Mount Horeb, Elijah will discover the still,
[2:02] Speaker 3: small voice of God, as inspired by first kings.
[2:10] Speaker 1: Well, hi, it's Joyous Adler here with the Kids Bible
[2:14] Speaker 1: in a Year podcast. I'm so glad you're here today.
[2:18] Speaker 1: In this story, we hear what happened to Elijah after
[2:22] Speaker 1: his big, massive victory over the prophets of Baal. If
[2:27] Speaker 1: you think it's filled with cheering and clapping and confetti,
[2:31] Speaker 1: you might be surprised. Let's find out what actually happened.
[2:40] Speaker 3: Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, including how
[2:45] Speaker 3: he took down all the prophets by the sword. Jezebel
[2:49] Speaker 3: was so aroused with anger that she sent a messenger
[2:53] Speaker 3: to Elijah, saying, Be on watch, because around this time tomorrow,
[2:58] Speaker 3: I will have you as dead as the prophets that
[3:01] Speaker 3: you took down by sword. Elijah was beyond terrified by
[3:05] Speaker 3: this message, and he ran for his life to Beersheba,
[3:09] Speaker 3: which is in the southern territory of Judah. Elijah left
[3:12] Speaker 3: his servant in Beersheba, but he decided to journey in
[3:16] Speaker 3: the wilderness. When Elijah was in the wilderness, he sat
[3:20] Speaker 3: down under a juniper tree with defeat in his heart.
[3:24] Speaker 3: He cried out to God saying, I've had enough, Lord.
[3:29] Speaker 3: Please take my life so I can be with my fathers.
[3:33] Speaker 3: Elijah had grown tired and he took a nap under
[3:36] Speaker 3: the juniper tree. Then, all of a sudden, an angel
[3:41] Speaker 3: appeared that woke him up from his sleep saying, Get
[3:45] Speaker 3: up and eat, Elijah. who was weak from his travels,
[3:49] Speaker 3: looked around for food, and laying at his head was
[3:52] Speaker 3: a freshly baked cake and a jar of water. Elijah
[3:57] Speaker 3: got up and ate, but then he went right back
[4:01] Speaker 3: to sleep. The angel came a second time and woke
[4:04] Speaker 3: him up again. The angel said to Elijah, Get up
[4:08] Speaker 3: and eat some more. This journey is not an easy one.
[4:12] Speaker 3: Elijah got up and did as the angel had said.
[4:16] Speaker 3: and he lived off of the strength that food provided
[4:19] Speaker 3: for forty days and forty nights on his journey to
[4:24] Speaker 3: Mount Horeb. When Elijah arrived at Mount Horeb, he lived
[4:28] Speaker 3: in a cave where the Lord spoke to him, saying, Elijah,
[4:33] Speaker 3: why are you here at Mount Horeb? Elijah said to
[4:37] Speaker 3: the Lord, I have been doing everything I can for
[4:40] Speaker 3: the Lord. The sons of Israel have dishonored your covenant,
[4:44] Speaker 3: destroyed your places of worship, and took down your prophets
[4:47] Speaker 3: with the sword. It is just me, God, that is left,
[4:52] Speaker 3: and I want to serve you. My life is being threatened.
[4:57] Speaker 3: The Lord said, Elijah, get out of this cave and
[5:01] Speaker 3: go stand on the mountain before the Lord. Then a
[5:06] Speaker 3: mighty wind came and was breaking the rocks off of
[5:09] Speaker 3: the mountains, but the Lord was not in the wind.
[5:14] Speaker 3: After the wind, there was an earthquake, But the Lord
[5:17] Speaker 3: was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake, a fire
[5:21] Speaker 3: broke out. But the Lord was not in the fire.
[5:26] Speaker 3: After all of this chaos, Elijah heard the sound of
[5:30] Speaker 3: a very gentle wind. So Elijah wrapped his face in
[5:34] Speaker 3: his cloak and stood at the entrance of the cave.
[5:38] Speaker 3: A gentle voice spoke to Elijah and asked, Elijah, why
[5:44] Speaker 3: are you here at Mount Horeb? Elijah said, I have
[5:48] Speaker 3: been doing everything I can for the Lord. The sons
[5:51] Speaker 3: of Israel have dishonored your covenant, destroyed your places of worship,
[5:55] Speaker 3: and took down your prophets with the sword. It is
[5:58] Speaker 3: just me, God, that is left, and I want to
[6:02] Speaker 3: serve you, but my life is being threatened. The Lord said, Elijah,
[6:08] Speaker 3: get out of here and do what I command you.
[6:12] Speaker 3: Go and anoint Haziel. to be king over Aram. Anoint
[6:18] Speaker 3: Jehu to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha to
[6:22] Speaker 3: be prophet in your place. I have seven thousand people
[6:28] Speaker 3: in Israel who have yet to bow down to Baal.
[6:32] Speaker 3: Elijah left Mount Horeb and saw Elisha plowing a field,
[6:37] Speaker 3: so he threw his cloak on him. Elisha left his
[6:40] Speaker 3: field and ran after Elijah, saying, Please, just let me
[6:45] Speaker 3: kiss my father and mother goodbye and I will follow you,
[6:49] Speaker 3: Elijah said. Go back and do what you have to do,
[6:53] Speaker 3: but do not forget what just happened to you. Elisha
[6:59] Speaker 3: returned to his home where he sacrificed all of his
[7:02] Speaker 3: tools for plowing fields. He killed his oxen and gave
[7:07] Speaker 3: it to his family for food. When he was done,
[7:11] Speaker 3: he left everything to follow Sometimes we feel scared and alone,
[7:21] Speaker 3: don't we?
[7:22] Speaker 1: In today's story, we saw that Elijah, who had just
[7:26] Speaker 1: seen God do something super spectacular, felt scared and alone too.
[7:33] Speaker 1: And we heard what God did to make him feel better.
[7:37] Speaker 1: Do you remember? Elijah had just defeated the false prophets
[7:42] Speaker 1: of Baal. There'd been a showdown to see whether the
[7:46] Speaker 1: Lord or Baal was the real God. And the Lord
[7:51] Speaker 1: won in a big way. Everyone who'd believed in Baal
[7:56] Speaker 1: was so embarrassed, except Queen Jezebel. She was really mad.
[8:03] Speaker 1: She said, I'm going to get that Elijah if it's
[8:07] Speaker 1: the last thing I do. And even though Elijah had
[8:12] Speaker 1: just seen God do something super spectacular, he got scared.
[8:18] Speaker 1: So scared that he ran away. He ran and he
[8:22] Speaker 1: ran and he ran. When he couldn't run anymore, he
[8:27] Speaker 1: sat down under a tiny little tree in the desert
[8:31] Speaker 1: and prayed, God, I'm done. Please just let me die.
[8:37] Speaker 1: Then he fell asleep. When he awoke, he saw God
[8:41] Speaker 1: had left him some food. Elijah ate it and went
[8:45] Speaker 1: back to sleep. You see, sometimes when you feel like Elijah,
[8:51] Speaker 1: sad or scared or alone, the best thing for you
[8:54] Speaker 1: to do is have a snack and a nap. In fact,
[9:00] Speaker 1: that's the first way God helped Elijah feel better. And
[9:04] Speaker 1: it worked. After one more snack from God, Elijah gained
[9:09] Speaker 1: enough strength to walk for 40 days and 40 nights
[9:14] Speaker 1: all the way to Mount Horeb. Why do you think
[9:18] Speaker 1: Elijah walked all the way to that mountain? Well, Mount
[9:24] Speaker 1: Horeb is a very special spot. It's where Moses heard
[9:28] Speaker 1: God calling to him from out of the Elijah knew
[9:34] Speaker 1: that was a place where God spent time with his people.
[9:38] Speaker 1: And that's the second way God helped Elijah feel better,
[9:43] Speaker 1: by spending time with him. Because when you're sad or
[9:47] Speaker 1: scared or alone, nothing makes you feel better than time
[9:51] Speaker 1: with God. You don't have to find a mountain to
[9:56] Speaker 1: do it. You can read your Bible or sing worship
[10:01] Speaker 1: songs or listen to the stories like this one. When
[10:05] Speaker 1: you spend time with God, it makes Him so happy
[10:09] Speaker 1: because He loves you very, very much. And when you
[10:14] Speaker 1: spend time with God and He reminds you that He
[10:17] Speaker 1: loves you very, very much... You feel happy too. When
[10:22] Speaker 1: Elijah spent time with God on that mountain, God spoke
[10:26] Speaker 1: to him in a very special way. Do you remember? First,
[10:31] Speaker 1: Elijah felt a mighty wind like a tornado. The trees
[10:36] Speaker 1: cracked and the sand blew and everything was so loud.
[10:41] Speaker 1: But God was not in the wind. God doesn't need
[10:45] Speaker 1: to shout to be heard. Then there was an earthquake.
[10:50] Speaker 1: The earth rumbled and the rocks tumbled and Elijah couldn't
[10:53] Speaker 1: even stand up. Everything was falling apart. But God was
[10:59] Speaker 1: not in the earthquake. God doesn't need to shake us
[11:03] Speaker 1: to get our attention. After that came a roaring fire.
[11:09] Speaker 1: The flames flickered and blazed and smoldered and smoked and
[11:14] Speaker 1: everything was melting. But God was not in the fire.
[11:18] Speaker 1: God doesn't burn things down to turn us toward him.
[11:23] Speaker 1: After the wind, the earthquake, and the fire, there came
[11:27] Speaker 1: a soft, soft breath, like a whisper. It was the
[11:34] Speaker 1: sound of God sitting quietly next to Elijah, because that's
[11:38] Speaker 1: what God does when we're feeling sad or scared or alone.
[11:44] Speaker 1: In that still, silent moment, God reminded Elijah that he
[11:49] Speaker 1: loved him very, very much. Then he gave him one
[11:54] Speaker 1: last way to feel better. Do you remember? God told
[11:59] Speaker 1: Elijah to go find Elisha a friend. Someone to share
[12:04] Speaker 1: his work and life with. Sometimes in life, you might
[12:09] Speaker 1: feel sad, scared, or alone. When you do remember... What
[12:15] Speaker 1: God gave Elijah to make him feel better. A snack,
[12:20] Speaker 1: a nap, a friend, and best of all, time with
[12:24] Speaker 1: God himself. Those things will make you feel better too.
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