1And Ahab256 told5046 Jezebel348 all that Elijah452 had done6213, and withal how he had slain2026 all the prophets5030 with the sword2719.
2Then Jezebel348 sent7971 a messenger4397 unto Elijah452, saying559, So let the gods430 do6213 to me, and more3254 also, if I make7760 not thy life5315 as the life5315 of one259 of them by to morrow4279 about this time6256.
3And when he saw7200 that, he arose6965, and went3212 for his life5315, and came935 to Beersheba884, which belongeth to Judah3063, and left3240 his servant5288 there.
4But he himself went1980 a day's3117 journey1870 into the wilderness4057, and came935 and sat down3427 under a259 juniper tree7574: and he requested7592 for himself5315 that he might die4191; and said559, It is enough7227; now, O LORD3068, take away3947 my life5315; for I am not better2896 than my fathers1.
5And as he lay7901 and slept3462 under a259 juniper tree7574, behold, then an angel4397 touched5060 him, and said559 unto him, Arise6965 and eat398.
6And he looked5027, and, behold, there was a cake5692 baken on the coals7529, and a cruse6835 of water4325 at his head4763. And he did eat398 and drink8354, and laid him down7901 again7725.
7And the angel4397 of the LORD3068 came again7725 the second time8145, and touched5060 him, and said559, Arise6965 and eat398; because the journey1870 is too great7227 for thee.
8And he arose6965, and did eat398 and drink8354, and went3212 in the strength3581 of that meat396 forty705 days3117 and forty705 nights3915 unto Horeb2722 the mount2022 of God430.
9And he came935 thither unto a cave4631, and lodged3885 there; and, behold, the word1697 of the LORD3068 came to him, and he said559 unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah452?
10And he said559, I have been very7065 jealous7065 for the LORD3068 God430 of hosts6635: for the children1121 of Israel3478 have forsaken5800 thy covenant1285, thrown down2040 thine altars4196, and slain2026 thy prophets5030 with the sword2719; and I, even I only, am left3498; and they seek1245 my life5315, to take it away3947.
11And he said559, Go forth3318, and stand5975 upon the mount2022 before6440 the LORD3068. And, behold, the LORD3068 passed by5674, and a great1419 and strong2389 wind7307 rent6561 the mountains2022, and brake in pieces7665 the rocks5553 before6440 the LORD3068; but the LORD3068 was not in the wind7307: and after310 the wind7307 an earthquake7494; but the LORD3068 was not in the earthquake7494:
12And after310 the earthquake7494 a fire784; but the LORD3068 was not in the fire784: and after310 the fire784 a still1827 small1851 voice6963.
13And it was so, when Elijah452 heard8085 it, that he wrapped3874 his face6440 in his mantle155, and went out3318, and stood5975 in the entering in6607 of the cave4631. And, behold, there came a voice6963 unto him, and said559, What doest thou here, Elijah452?
14And he said559, I have been very7065 jealous7065 for the LORD3068 God430 of hosts6635: because the children1121 of Israel3478 have forsaken5800 thy covenant1285, thrown down2040 thine altars4196, and slain2026 thy prophets5030 with the sword2719; and I, even I only, am left3498; and they seek1245 my life5315, to take it away3947.
15And the LORD3068 said559 unto him, Go3212, return7725 on thy way1870 to the wilderness4057 of Damascus1834: and when thou comest935, anoint4886 Hazael2371 to be king4428 over Syria758:
16And Jehu3058 the son1121 of Nimshi5250 shalt thou anoint4886 to be king4428 over Israel3478: and Elisha477 the son1121 of Shaphat8202 of Abelmeholah65 shalt thou anoint4886 to be prophet5030 in thy room.
17And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth4422 the sword2719 of Hazael2371 shall Jehu3058 slay4191: and him that escapeth4422 from the sword2719 of Jehu3058 shall Elisha477 slay4191.
18Yet I have left7604 me seven7651 thousand505 in Israel3478, all the knees1290 which have not bowed3766 unto Baal1168, and every mouth6310 which hath not kissed5401 him.
19So he departed3212 thence, and found4672 Elisha477 the son1121 of Shaphat8202, who was plowing2790 with twelve8147 6240 yoke6776 of oxen before6440 him, and he with the twelfth8147 6240: and Elijah452 passed5674 by him, and cast7993 his mantle155 upon him.
20And he left5800 the oxen1241, and ran7323 after310 Elijah452, and said559, Let me, I pray thee, kiss5401 my father1 and my mother517, and then I will follow3212 310 thee. And he said559 unto him, Go back3212 again7725: for what have I done6213 to thee?
21And he returned back7725 from him310, and took3947 a yoke6776 of oxen1241, and slew2076 them, and boiled1310 their flesh1320 with the instruments3627 of the oxen1241, and gave5414 unto the people5971, and they did eat398. Then he arose6965, and went3212 after310 Elijah452, and ministered8334 unto him.