And Ahab{H256} told{H5046} Jezebel{H348} all that Elijah{H452} had done,{H6213} and withal how he had slain{H2026} all the prophets{H5030} with the sword.{H2719}

Then Jezebel{H348} send{H7971} a messenger{H4397} unto Elijah,{H452} saying,{H559} So let the gods{H430} do{H6213} to me, and more{H3254} also, if I make{H7760} not thy life{H5315} as the life{H5315} of one{H259} of them by to-morrow{H4279} about this time.{H6256}

And when he saw{H7200} that, he arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} for his life,{H5315} and came{H935} to Beer-sheba,{H884} which belongeth to Judah,{H3063} and left{H3240} his servant{H5288} there.

But he himself went{H1980} a day's{H3117} journey{H1870} into the wilderness,{H4057} and came{H935} and sat down{H3427} under a{H259} juniper-tree:{H7574} and he requested{H7592} for himself{H5315} that he might die,{H4191} and said,{H559} It is enough;{H7227} now, O Jehovah,{H3068} take away{H3947} my life;{H5315} for I am not better{H2896} than my fathers.{H1}

And he lay{H7901} down and slept{H3462} under a{H259} juniper-tree;{H7574} and, behold, an angel{H4397} touched{H5060} him, and said{H559} unto him, Arise{H6965} and eat.{H398}

And he looked,{H5027} and, behold, there was at his head{H4763} a cake{H5692} baken on the coals,{H7529} and a cruse{H6835} of water.{H4325} And he did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and laid him down{H7901} again.{H7725}

And the angel{H4397} of Jehovah{H3068} came again{H7725} the second time,{H8145} and touched{H5060} him, and said,{H559} Arise{H6965} and eat,{H398} because the journey{H1870} is too great{H7227} for thee.

And he arose,{H6965} and did eat{H398} and drink,{H8354} and went{H3212} in the strength{H3581} of that food{H396} forty{H705} days{H3117} and forty{H705} nights{H3915} unto Horeb{H2722} the mount{H2022} of God.{H430}

And he came{H935} thither unto a cave,{H4631} and lodged{H3885} there; and, behold, the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came to him, and he said{H559} unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?{H452}

And he said,{H559} I have been very{H7065} jealous{H7065} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts;{H6635} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have forsaken{H5800} thy covenant,{H1285} thrown down{H2040} thine altars,{H4196} and slain{H2026} thy prophets{H5030} with the sword:{H2719} and I, even I only, am left;{H3498} and they seek{H1245} my life,{H5315} to take it away.{H3947}

And he said,{H559} Go forth,{H3318} and stand{H5975} upon the mount{H2022} before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} And, behold, Jehovah{H3068} passed by,{H5674} and a great{H1419} and strong{H2389} wind{H7307} rent{H6561} the mountains,{H2022} and brake in pieces{H7665} the rocks{H5553} before{H6440} Jehovah;{H3068} but Jehovah{H3068} was not in the wind:{H7307} and after{H310} the wind{H7307} an earthquake;{H7494} but Jehovah{H3068} was not in the earthquake:{H7494}

and after{H310} the earthquake{H7494} a fire;{H784} but Jehovah{H3068} was not in the fire:{H784} and after{H310} the fire{H784} a still{H1827} small{H1851} voice.{H6963}

And it was so, when Elijah{H452} heard{H8085} it, that he wrapped{H3874} his face{H6440} in his mantle,{H155} and went out,{H3318} and stood{H5975} in{H6607} the entrance of the cave.{H4631} And, behold, there came a voice{H6963} unto him, and said,{H559} What doest thou here, Elijah?{H452}

And he said,{H559} I have been very{H7065} jealous{H7065} for Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts;{H6635} for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} have forsaken{H5800} thy covenant,{H1285} thrown down{H2040} thine altars,{H4196} and slain{H2026} thy prophets{H5030} with the sword;{H2719} and I, even I only, am left;{H3498} and they seek{H1245} my life,{H5315} to take it away.{H3947}

And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto him, Go,{H3212} return{H7725} on thy way{H1870} to the wilderness{H4057} of Damascus:{H1834} and when thou comest,{H935} thou shalt anoint{H4886} Hazael{H2371} to be king{H4428} over Syria;{H758}

and Jehu{H3058} the son{H1121} of Nimshi{H5250} shalt thou anoint{H4886} to be king{H4428} over Israel;{H3478} and Elisha{H477} the son{H1121} of Shaphat{H8202} of Abel-meholah{H65} shalt thou anoint{H4886} to be prophet{H5030} in thy room.

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth{H4422} from the sword{H2719} of Hazael{H2371} shall Jehu{H3058} slay;{H4191} and him that escapeth{H4422} from the sword{H2719} of Jehu{H3058} shall Elisha{H477} slay.{H4191}

Yet will I leave{H7604} [me] seven{H7651} thousand{H505} in Israel,{H3478} all the knees{H1290} which have not bowed{H3766} unto Baal,{H1168} and every mouth{H6310} which hath not kissed{H5401} him.

So he departed{H3212} thence, and found{H4672} Elisha{H477} the son{H1121} of Shaphat,{H8202} who was plowing,{H2790} with twelve{H8147} yoke{H6776} [of oxen] before{H6440} him, and he with the twelfth:{H8147} and Elijah{H452} passed{H5674} over unto him, and cast{H7993} his mantle{H155} upon him.

And he left{H5800} the oxen,{H1241} and ran{H7323} after{H310} Elijah,{H452} and said,{H559} Let me, I pray thee, kiss{H5401} my father{H1} and my mother,{H517} and then I will follow{H3212} thee. And he said{H559} unto him, Go back{H3212} again;{H7725} for what have I done{H6213} to thee?

And he returned{H7725} from following him,{H310} and took{H3947} the yoke{H6776} of oxen,{H1241} and slew{H2076} them, and boiled{H1310} their flesh{H1320} with the instruments{H3627} of the oxen,{H1241} and gave{H5414} unto the people,{H5971} and they did eat.{H398} Then he arose,{H6965} and went{H3212} after{H310} Elijah,{H452} and ministered{H8334} unto him.