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1 Ahab
told Jezebel all
that Elijah had
done, and how
he had killed
all the prophets
with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel
sent a messenger
to Elijah, saying, “So
let the gods do
to me, and
more also, if
I don’t make your
life as the
life of one
of them by
tomorrow about
this time!”
3 When
he saw that,
he arose and
ran for his
life, and came
to Beersheba, which belongs
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. Then
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 He
lay down and
slept under a
juniper tree; and
behold, an angel
touched him,
and said to him,
“Arise and eat!”
6 He
looked, and behold,
there was at
his head a
cake baked on the
coals, and a
jar of water.
He ate and drank,
and lay down
again.
7 The
LORD’s angel came
again the second
time, and touched
him, and said, “Arise
and eat, because
the journey is
too great for
you.”
8 He
arose, and ate and
drank, and went
in the strength
of that food forty
days and forty
nights to Horeb,
God’s Mountain.
9 He
came to a
cave there,
and camped there;
and behold, the
LORD’s word came
to him, and
he said to
him, “What are
you doing here, Elijah?”
10 He said, “I
have been very
jealous for the
LORD, the God
of Armies; for
the children of
Israel have
forsaken your
covenant, thrown
down your altars,
and killed your
prophets with the
sword. I, even
I only, am
left; and they
seek my life,
to take it
away.”
11 He
said, “Go out
and stand on
the mountain
before the LORD.”
Behold, the LORD
passed by, and
a great and
strong wind tore
the mountains and
broke in pieces
the rocks before
the LORD; but
the LORD was
not in the
wind. After the
wind there was
an earthquake; but
the LORD was
not in the
earthquake.
12 After the
earthquake a fire
passed; but the
LORD was not
in the fire. After
the fire, there
was a still
small voice.
13 When Elijah
heard it, he
wrapped his face
in his mantle,
went out, and
stood in the
entrance of the
cave. Behold, a
voice came to
him, and said, “What
are you doing
here, Elijah?”
14 He said, “I
have been very
jealous for the
LORD, the God
of Armies; for
the children of
Israel have
forsaken your
covenant, thrown
down your altars,
and killed your
prophets with the
sword. I, even
I only, am
left; and they
seek my life,
to take it
away.”
15 The
LORD said to him,
“Go, return on
your way to
the wilderness of
Damascus. When
you arrive, anoint
Hazael to be
king over Syria.
16 Anoint
Jehu the son
of Nimshi to
be king over
Israel; and
anoint Elisha the
son of Shaphat
of Abel Meholah to
be prophet in
your place.
17 He who
escapes from the
sword of Hazael,
Jehu will kill;
and he who escapes
from the sword
of Jehu, Elisha
will kill.
18 Yet
I reserved
seven thousand in
Israel, all the
knees of which
have not bowed
to Baal, and
every mouth which
has not kissed
him.”
19 So
he departed from
there and
found Elisha the
son of Shaphat,
who was plowing
with twelve yoke
of oxen before
him, and he
with the twelfth.
Elijah went over
to him and
put his mantle on
him.
20 Elisha
left the oxen
and ran
after Elijah, and said, “Let
me please kiss
my father and
my mother, and
then I will
follow you.”
He said to him,
“Go back again;
for what have
I done to
you?”
21 He
returned from
following him, and
took the yoke
of oxen, killed
them, and boiled
their meat with
the oxen’s
equipment, and
gave to the
people; and
they ate. Then he
arose, and went
after Elijah, and
served him.