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Chapter 19
(1 Kings 19 KJV) "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 Beersheba, 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 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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