ASV_Strong : 1 Kings 19
1. 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].
2. Then Jezebel[H348] send[H7971] a messenger[H4397] unto Elijah[H452], saying[H559], So let the gods[H430] do[H6213] to me[H3254], and more also[H7760], if I make not thy life[H5315] as the life[H5315] of one[H259] of them by to-morrow[H4279] about this time[H6256].
3. And when he saw[H7200] that[H6965], he arose, and went[H3212] for his life[H5315], and came[H935] to Beer-sheba[H884], which belongeth to Judah[H3063], and left[H3240] his servant there[H5288].
4. But he himself went[H1980] a day[H3117]'s 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[H3068], O Jehovah, take away[H3947] my life[H5315]; for I am not better[H2896] than my fathers[H1].
5. And he lay[H7901] down and slept[H3462] under a[H259] juniper-tree[H7574]; and[H4397], behold, an angel touched[H5060] him[H559], and said unto him[H6965], Arise and eat[H398].
6. And he looked[H5027], and[H4763], behold, there was at his head 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].
7. And the angel[H4397] of Jehovah[H3068] came again[H7725] the second time[H8145], and touched[H5060] him[H559], and said, Arise[H6965] and eat[H398], because the journey[H1870] is too great for thee[H7227].
8. 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].
9. And he came[H935] thither unto a cave[H4631], and lodged[H3885] there[H1697]; and, behold, the word of Jehovah[H3068] came to him[H559], and he said unto him[H452], What doest thou here, Elijah?
10. 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[H3498], even I only, am left; and they seek[H1245] my life[H5315], to take it away[H3947].
11. And he said[H559], Go forth[H3318], and stand[H5975] upon the mount[H2022] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068]. And[H3068], behold, Jehovah 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]:
12. 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].
13. And it was so[H452], when Elijah heard[H8085] it[H3874], that he wrapped his face[H6440] in his mantle[H155], and went out[H3318], and stood[H5975] in[H6607] the entrance of the cave[H4631]. And[H6963], behold, there came a voice unto him[H559], and said, What doest thou here[H452], Elijah?
14. 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[H3498], even I only, am left; and they seek[H1245] my life[H5315], to take it away[H3947].
15. And Jehovah[H3068] said[H559] unto him[H3212], Go, 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];
16. 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 in thy room[H5030].
17. And it shall come to pass[H4422], that him that escapeth 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].
18. 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 him[H5401].
19. So he departed[H3212] thence[H4672], and found Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202], who was plowing[H2790], with twelve[H8147] yoke[H6776] of oxen before[H6440] him[H8147], and he with the twelfth: and Elijah[H452] passed[H5674] over unto him[H7993], and cast his mantle upon him[H155].
20. And he left[H5800] the oxen[H1241], and ran[H7323] after[H310] Elijah[H452], and said[H559], Let me[H5401], I pray thee, kiss my father[H1] and my mother[H517], and then I will follow[H3212] thee[H559]. And he said unto him[H3212], Go back again[H7725]; for what have I done to thee[H6213]?
21. And he returned[H7725] from following him[H310], and took[H3947] the yoke[H6776] of oxen[H1241], and slew[H2076] them[H1310], and boiled 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 unto him[H8334].
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