I Kings Chapter 19

I Kings Chapter 19
1 Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah
had done, and how he had slain all the
prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto
Elijah, saying, The gods do so to me and
more also, if I make not thy life like one
of their lives by tomorrow this time.
3 When he saw that, he arose, and went
for his life, and came to Beer-sheba,
which is in Judah, and left his servant
there.
4 But he went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down
under a juniper tree, and desired that he
might die, and said, It is now enough: O
Lord, take my soul, for I am no better
than my fathers.
5 And as he lay and slept under the
juniper tree, behold now, an angel
touched him, and said unto him, Up , and
eat.
6 And when he looked about, behold,
there was a cake baken on the coals, and
a pot of water at his head: so he did eat
and drink, and returned and slept.
7 And the angel of the Lord came again
the second time, and touched him, and
said, Up, and eat: for thou hast a great
journey.
8 Then he arose, and did eat and drink,
and walked in the strength of that meat
forty days and forty nights, unto Horeb
the mount of God.
9 And there he entered into a cave, and
lodged there: and behold, the Lord spake
to him, and said unto him, What doest
thou here, Elijah?
10 And he answered, I have been very
jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy
covenant, broken down thine altars, and
slain thy prophets with the sword, and I
only am left, and they seek my life to
take it away.
11 And he said, Come out, and stand
upon the mount before the Lord. And
behold, the Lord went by, and a mighty
strong wind rent the mountains, and
break the rocks before the Lord: but the
Lord was not in the wind: and after the
wind came an earthquake: but the Lord
was not in the earthquake: 12 And after
the earthquake came fire: but the Lord
was not in the fire: and after the fire
came a still and soft voice.
13 And when Elijah heard it, he covered
his face with 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 answered, I have been very
jealous for the Lord God of hosts,
because the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant, cast down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the
sword, and I only am left, and they seek
my life to take it away.
15 And the Lord said unto him, Go,
return by the wilderness unto Damascus,
and when thou comest there, anoint
Hazael king over Aram [Syria]. 16 And
Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint
king over Israel: and Elisha the son of
Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou
anoint to be prophet in thy room.
17 And him that escapeth from the sword
of Hazael, shall Jehu slay: and him that
escapeth from the sword of Jehu, shall
Elisha slay.
18 Yet will I leave seven thousand in
Israel, even all the knees that have not
bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that
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 was with the twelfth:
and Elijah went towards 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. Who answered him, Go,
return: for what have I done to thee?
21 And when he went back again from
him, he took a couple of oxen, and slew
them, and seethe 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.