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Elijah stands at the mountain cave as a fierce wind and earthquake pass; Yahweh is not in them.
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1 Kings 19:11

Wind and earthquake

Elijah at Horeb and Elisha’s Call · 1 Kings 19

Story guide: Elijah stands at the mouth of the cave while wind splits the rocks and the ground shakes; the passage places Yahweh in neither, and no divine figure appears.

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11Yahweh said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” As Yahweh passed by, a great and powerful wind tore apart the mountains and shattered rocks before him, but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind came an earthquake, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

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