1Ki 19 | ABEn | STEP | And Ahab announced to Jezebel all as much as Elijah did, and as to kill the prophets by the broadsword.

1 Kings 19

CHAPTER 19 Elijah Flees from Jezebel

1 And Ahab announced to Jezebel all as much as Elijah did, and as to kill the prophets by the broadsword. 2 And Jezebel sent to Elijah, and said, Thus may [³do ⁴to me ¹the ²gods], and thus may they add, that this hour tomorrow I shall put your life as the life of one of them. 3 And Elijah feared, and rose up, and went forth for his life. And he came into Beersheba of Judah. And he left his servant-lad there. 4 And he went by the wilderness way a day. And came and stayed underneath a broom shrub, and he asked for his life to die. And he said, It is fit now, O lord, take indeed my life from me! for [³no ⁴better ¹I ²am] than my fathers. 5 And he bedded down and slept there under a plant. And behold, a certain angel touched him, and said to him, Rise up, and eat! 6 And he looked. And behold, by his head was a cake baked in hot ashes of oaten bread, and a jar of water. And Elijah rose up and ate and drank. And he returned and went to bed. 7 And [⁴returned ¹the ²angel ³of the lord] a second time, and touched him, and said to him, Rise up, eat! for [³is great ⁴for ⁵you ¹the ²journey]. 8 And he rose up, and ate and drank. And he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto mount Horeb.

The LORD Is in the Fine Breeze

9 And he entered there into the cave, and rested up there. And behold, a word of the lord came to him. And he said, Why are you here, Elijah? 10 And Elijah said, Being zealous, I am zealous for the lord almighty, for [⁴abandoned ⁵you ¹the ²sons ³of Israel]. Your altar they razed, and your prophets they killed by the broadsword, and [³am left ¹I ²alone], and they seek my life to take it. 11 And he said, You shall go forth and stand before the lord in the mountain! and behold, the lord will go by. And [³wind ¹there was a great ²strong] parting the mountains, and breaking rocks before the lord; [²was not ³in ⁴the ⁵wind ¹but the lord]. And after the wind a rumbling; [²was not ³in ⁴the ⁵rumbling ¹but the lord]. 12 And after the rumbling a fire; [²was not ³in ⁴the ⁵fire ¹but the lord]. And after the fire a sound [²breeze ¹of a fine] -- there was the lord. 13 And it came to pass as Elijah heard, that he covered over his face with his sheepskin, and he went forth and stood by the cave. And behold, before him was a voice, and he said, Why are you here, Elijah? 14 And Elijah said, Being zealous, I am zealous for the lord God almighty, for [⁴abandoned ⁵your covenant ¹the ²sons ³of Israel], your altars they razed, and your prophets they killed by the broadsword, and [³am left ¹I ²alone], and they seek my life to take it.

Elijah Anoints Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha

15 And the lord said to him, Go, return to your journey! And you shall come unto the way of the wilderness of Damascus, and you shall anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16 And Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel. And Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet instead of you. 17 And it will be the one being delivered from the broadsword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death. And the one being delivered from the broadsword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. 18 And I shall leave behind in Israel seven thousand men, all knees which do not bend the knee to Baal, and every mouth which does not do obeisance to him. 19 And he went forth from there, and he finds Elisha son of Shaphat, and he was plowing with oxen. Twelve teams were before him, and he was among the twelve. And [²went forth ³unto ⁴Elisha ¹Elijah], and he tossed upon him his sheepskin. 20 And Elisha left the oxen, and he ran after Elijah, and said, I shall kiss my father and my mother, and I shall follow after you. And he said to him, Go, return! for I have done it to you. 21 And he returned from following after him. And he took the teams of oxen, and he sacrificed and cooked them by the equipment of the oxen, and he gave to the people and they ate. And he rose up, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.