The First Book of the Kings, Commonly Called the Third Book of the Kings 19

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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 Beer-sheba 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 Abel-meholah 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain