<h3>Elijah Flees to Horeb</h3>19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. <h3>The Lord Appears to Elijah</h3> 9 And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.” <h3>The Call of Elisha</h3> 19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.

1 Kings 19:1

Now Ahab told Jezebel<cr>1</cr> everything Elijah had done and how he had killed<cr>2</cr> all the prophets with the sword.

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely,<cr>1</cr> if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”<cr>2</cr>

1 Kings 19:2

Elijah was afraid<ft>1</ft> and ran<cr>1</cr> for his life.<cr>2</cr> When he came to Beersheba<cr>3</cr> in Judah, he left his servant there,

1 Kings 19:3

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,<cr>1</cr> sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;<cr>2</cr> I am no better than my ancestors.”

1 Kings 19:4

Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.<cr>1</cr> <pb/>All at once an angel<cr>2</cr> touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

1 Kings 19:5

He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

1 Kings 19:6

The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”

1 Kings 19:7

So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty<cr>1</cr> days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,<cr>2</cr> the mountain of God.

1 Kings 19:8

There he went into a cave<cr>1</cr> and spent the night.

1 Kings 19:9

And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”<cr>1</cr>

He replied, “I have been very zealous<cr>1</cr> for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,<cr>2</cr> torn down your altars,<cr>3</cr> and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,<cr>4</cr> and now they are trying to kill me too.”

1 Kings 19:10

The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain<cr>1</cr> in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”<cr>2</cr> <pb/>Then a great and powerful wind<cr>3</cr> tore the mountains apart and shattered<cr>4</cr> the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

1 Kings 19:11

After the earthquake came a fire,<cr>1</cr> but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.<cr>2</cr>

1 Kings 19:12

When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face<cr>1</cr> and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.<pb/>Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1 Kings 19:13

He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,<cr>1</cr> and now they are trying to kill me too.”

1 Kings 19:14

The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael<cr>1</cr> king over Aram.

1 Kings 19:15

Also, anoint<cr>1</cr> Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha<cr>2</cr> son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah<cr>3</cr> to succeed you as prophet.

1 Kings 19:16

Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael,<cr>1</cr> and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu.<cr>2</cr>

1 Kings 19:17

Yet I reserve<cr>1</cr> seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed<cr>2</cr> him.”

1 Kings 19:18

1 Kings 19:19

So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak<cr>1</cr> around him.

Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”<cr>1</cr> he said, “and then I will come with you.”<pb/>“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

1 Kings 19:20

So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen<cr>1</cr> and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.<cr>2</cr>

1 Kings 19:21

 1 Now Ahab told Jezebel   everything Elijah had done and how he had killed   all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely,   if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”   3 Elijah was afraid  and ran   for his life.   When he came to Beersheba   in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,   sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;   I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.   All at once an angel   touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty   days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,   the mountain of God. 9 There he went into a cave   and spent the night. 9 And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”   10 He replied, “I have been very zealous   for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,   torn down your altars,   and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,   and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain   in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”   Then a great and powerful wind   tore the mountains apart and shattered   the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire,   but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.   13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face   and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,   and now they are trying to kill me too.” 15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael   king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint   Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha   son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah   to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael,   and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu.   18 Yet I reserve   seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed   him.” 19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak   around him. 20 Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,”   he said, “and then I will come with you.” “Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen   and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.  

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