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And Ahab
told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal
how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,
behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto
him, Arise and eat.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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:
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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.
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