Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 19:9

9 ¶ And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there: and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What dost thou here , Elijah?

A tacit reproof. This is not thy proper place, nor the station in which I set thee, which was in Israel, to turn that backsliding people, to which end I gave thee my help, and would have proceeded to assist thee further, if thou hadst continued there. Nor did I give thee those excellent Gifts to lie idle in this Wilderness, but to employ them for thy peo [illegible: 1+ letters]s good, whom now thou hast deserted, and art come hither, not by my Command, but through thy own fear and cowardise.