1 Kings 19
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v1
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
v2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, โSo let the gods do to me, and more also, if I donโt make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!โ
v3
When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
v4
But he himself went a dayโs journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, โIt is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.โ
v5
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, โArise and eat!โ
v6
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.
v7
Yahwehโs angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, โArise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.โ
v8
He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, Godโs Mountain.
v9
He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahwehโs word came to him, and he said to him, โWhat are you doing here, Elijah?โ
v10
He said, โI have been very jealous for Yahweh, 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.โ
v11
He said, โGo out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.โ Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
v12
After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
v13
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, โWhat are you doing here, Elijah?โ
v14
He said, โI have been very jealous for Yahweh, 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.โ
v15
Yahweh said to him, โGo, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
v16
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.
v17
He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
v18
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.โ
v19
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.
v20
Elisha left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, โLet me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.โ He said to him, โGo back again; for what have I done to you?โ
v21
He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their meat with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.