“1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he
had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a
messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more
also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow
about this time. 3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his
life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his
servant there. 4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested
for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take
away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers. 5 And as he lay and
slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said
unto him, Arise [and] eat. 6 And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a
cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did
eat and drink, and laid him down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came
again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat;
because the journey [is] too great for thee. 8 And he arose, and did eat
and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty
nights unto Horeb the mount of God.”
“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 doest thou
here, Elijah? 10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God
of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown
down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even]
I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 11 And he said,
Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the
LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and
brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; [but] the LORD [was] not in
the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; [but] the LORD [was] not in
the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; [but] the LORD [was]
not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was
[so], when Elijah heard [it], that he wrapped his face in his mantle,
and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold,
[there came] a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down
thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I
only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 15 And the LORD
said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and
when thou comest, anoint Hazael [to be] king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the
son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint [to be] king over Israel: and Elisha the
son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint [to be] prophet in thy
room. 17 And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth the sword
of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu
shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left [me] seven thousand in Israel, all
the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not
kissed him.”
“19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who
[was] plowing [with] twelve yoke [of oxen] before him, and he with the
twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And
he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee,
kiss my father and my mother, and [then] I will follow thee. And he said
unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 21 And he
returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and
boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the
people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered unto him.” (1 Kings 19:1-21 AV)
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