And Ahab told
Jezebel
all that Elijah
had done
, and withal how he had slain
all the prophets
with the sword
.
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
.
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.
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
.
And as he lay and slept
under a
juniper tree
, behold, then an angel
touched
him, and said
unto him, Arise
and eat
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
?
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
.
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
:
And after the earthquake
a fire
; but the LORD
was not in the fire
: and after
the fire
a still
small
voice
.
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
?
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
.
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
:
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.
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
.
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.
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.
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?
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.