Elijah at Horeb, deliberately set at the same mountain as the Sinai theophany and deliberately reversing it. The Hebrew of the last phrase, qol demamah daqqah, is closer to 'a sound of thin silence' than to a voice; 'still small voice' is the KJV's coinage, kept by the ASV, and it has shaped English religious language more than the Hebrew warrants.
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TextAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before Jehovah; but Jehovah was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Jehovah was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but Jehovah was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 1 Reference Scheme Translation
TranslationThe Holy Bible, American Standard Version 1 TranslatorAmerican Revision Committee 1 Connections
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This source names Elijah directly: "Elijah at Horeb, deliberately set at the same mountain as the Sinai theophany and deliberately reversing it."
Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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Set at Horeb, the same mountain as the giving of the law.
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Source The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line textAmerican Revision Committee
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1. The Holy Bible, American Standard Version (1901), verse-per-line text
American Revision Committee, eBible.org (digital edition), 19011 Kings 19:11-12View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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