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. 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.