# Kings & Prophets: From Solomon to Jeremiah - Week 9 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9.md Podcast: [Awake Us Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481) Published: 2026-06-15T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9 Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/awakeusnow/Kings__Prophets__From_Solomon_to_Jeremiah_-_Week_9.mp3?dest-id=246214 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9 Duration seconds: 1502 ## Resource Today we continue our study of Elijah's ministry. Elijah's Ministry ⁃ Prediction and Provision - no rain or dew ⁃ Contest at Mount Carmel the time of drought ends in a contest ⁃ Encounter at Mount Horeb ⁃ Word at Naboth's Vineyard ⁃ Elijah taken to heaven We pick up the story from last week, at the contest at Mount Carmel where we learn that Jezebel has promised to kill Elijah. After the threat, Elijah, fearful for his life, travels forty days to Mt. Horeb (Mt. Sinai). Pastor shares several possibilities for the location of this mount leaning towards today's Jabal al Maqla. Elijah makes it to Mt. Horeb and he is discouraged and fearful and exhausted and we read of his depression in 1 Kings 19:9-10. He ends this verse saying, "I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too." God's response is, "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord for the Lord is about to pass by." Divine Encounter ⁃ Wind comes - but the Lord was not in the wind ⁃ Earthquake comes - but the Lord was not in the earthquake ⁃ Fire comes - but the Lord was not in the fire ⁃ Gentle whisper comes - the Lord speaks of Elijah's assignment. Elijah thinks of himself as a failure and wants to give up, but God tells him He has more for him to do, that he is not to give up. Mission: Anointing ⁃ Elijah is told to anoint Hazael as king over Aram ⁃ He is told to anoint Jehu over Israel ⁃ He is told to anoint Elisha as his successor Then God assures Elijah that he is not alone and tells him that there are 7,000 in Israel who have not bowed down to Baal. Elijah obeys God's commands and leaves Mt. Horeb and he comes to Elisha working in the field and Elijah anoints him. Elijah now has a partner for the rest of his ministry time on earth. This may have been as long as 10 years togeth… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/kings-prophets-from-solomon-to-jeremiah-week-9.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.