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 doest thou here, Elijah? 1 Kings 19:9. Elijah’s retreat on Mount Horeb, though hidden
A Crisis in Israel
They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. Psalm 106:19, 20. In the absence of Moses, the judicial authority had been delegated to