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1_Kings
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[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 Beer-sheba, 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 Abel-meholah
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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