1 Kings 19

And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had ^aslain all the prophets with the sword. ²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, ^bSo 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. ³And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to ^cBeer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. ⁴But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he ^drequested 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. ⁵And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold then, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. ⁶And 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. ⁷And 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. ⁸And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat ^eforty days and forty nights unto ^fHoreb the mount of God.

⁹And 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? ¹⁰And he said, I have been very ^gjealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, ^hthrown down thine altars, and ⁱslain thy prophets with the sword; and ^jI, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. ¹¹And he said, Go forth, and stand ^kupon the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and ^la 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: ¹²and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a ^mstill small voice. ¹³And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that ⁿhe wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. ^oAnd behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? ^14pAnd 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. ¹⁵And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of ^qDamascus: and when thou comest, ^ranoint Hazael to be king over Syria: ¹⁶and ^sJehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of ^tAbel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. ¹⁷And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of ^uHazael shall ^xJehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu ^yshall Elisha slay. ¹⁸Yet ^zI have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and ^aevery mouth which hath not kissed him.

¹⁹So 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 ^bhis mantle upon him. ²⁰And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, ^cLet 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? ²¹And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh ^dwith the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and ^ewent after Elijah, and ^fministered unto him.

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