1 Kings 19 — GMV

19 Verse 1 And Ahab told Jezebel his wife all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain the prophets with the sword. ^{Verse 2} And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, If thou art Elijah and I am Jezebel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time tomorrow as the life of one of them. ^{Verse 3} And Elijah feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Beersheba to the land of Judah, and he left his servant there. ^{Verse 4} And he himself went a day’s journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers. ^{Verse 5} And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, someone touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. ^{Verse 6} And Elijah looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down. ^{Verse 7} And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee. ^{Verse 8} And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Mount Horeb. ^{Verse 9} And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said, What doest thou here, Elijah? ^{Verse 10} And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have dug down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it. ^{Verse 11} And he said, Thou shalt go forth tomorrow, and shalt stand before the Lord in the mount; behold, the Lord will pass by. And, behold, a great and strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing 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: ^{Verse 12} and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze. ^{Verse 13} And it came to pass when Elijah heard, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice came to him and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? ^{Verse 14} And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and they have overthrown thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it. ^{Verse 15} And the Lord said to him, Go, return, and thou shalt come into the way of the wilderness of Damascus: and thou shalt go and anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. ^{Verse 16} And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. ^{Verse 17} And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall slay; and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall slay. ^{Verse 18} And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshiped him. ^{Verse 19} And he departed thence, and finds Elisha the son of Shaphat, and he was plowing with oxen; there were twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him. ^{Verse 20} And Elisha left the cattle, and ran after Elijah and said, I will kiss my father, and follow after thee. And Elijah said, Return, for I have done a work for thee. ^{Verse 21} And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.