[[1 Kings 18|<< 1 Kings 18]] | [[1 Kings|1 Kings]] | [[1 Kings 20|1 Kings 20 >>]] ### 1 Kings 19 1 AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ^1 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 tomorrow about this time. ^2 3 And when he saw _that_, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which _belongs_ to Judah, and left his servant there. ^3 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. ^4 5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise _and_ eat. ^5 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. ^6 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. ^7 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. ^8 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? ^9 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. ^10 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 broke 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: ^11 12 And after the earthquake a fire; _but_ the LORD _was_ not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. ^12 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? ^13 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. ^14 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: ^15 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. ^16 17 And it shall come to pass, _that_ him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. ^17 18 Yet I have left _me_ seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him. ^18 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. ^19 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? ^20 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. ^21