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1 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.