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* And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done , and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword . * And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias , saying : Such and such things may the gods do to me , and add still more , if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them . * Then Elias was afraid , and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind : and he came to Bersabee of Juda , and left his servant there , * And he went forward , one day 's journey into the desert . And when he was there , and sat under a juniper tree , he requested for his soul that he might die , and said : It is enough for me , Lord , take away my soul : for I am no better than my fathers . * And he cast himself down , end slept in the shadow of the juniper tree : and behold an angel of the Lord touched him , and said to him : Arise and eat . * He looked , and behold there was at his head a hearth cake , and a vessel of water : and he ate and drank , and he fell asleep again . * And the angel of the Lord came again the second time , and touched him , and said to him : Arise , eat : for thou hast yet a great way to go . * And he arose , and ate , and drank , and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights , unto the mount of God , Horeb . * And when he was come thither , he abode in a cave : and behold the word of the Lord came unto him , and he said to him : What dost thou here , Elias ? * And he answered : With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts : for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant : they have thrown down thy altars , they have slain thy prophets with the sword , and I alone am left , and they seek my life to take it away . * And he said to him : Go forth , and stand upon the mount before the Lord : and behold the Lord passeth , and a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains , and breaking the rocks in pieces : the Lord is not in the wind , and after the wind an earthquake : the Lord is not in the earthquake . * And after the earthquake a fire : the Lord is not in the fire , and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air . * And when Elias heard it , he covered his face with his mantle , and coming forth stood in the entering in of the cave , and behold a voice unto him , saying : What dost thou here , Elias ? And he answered : * With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant : they have destroyed thy altars , they have slain thy prophets with the sword , and I alone am left , and they seek my life to take it away . * And the Lord said to him : Go , and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus : and when thou art come thither , thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria . * And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel : and Eliseus the son of Saphat , of Abelmeula , thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room . * And it shall come to pass , that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael , shall be slain by Jehu : and whosoever shall escape the sword of Jehu , shall be slain by Eliseus . * And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel , whose knees have not been bowed before Baal , and every mouth that hath not worshipped him kissing the hands . * And Elias departing from thence , found Eliseus the son of Saphat , ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen : and he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen : and when Elias came up to him , he cast his mantle upon him . * And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias , and said : Let me , I pray thee , kiss my father and my mother , and then I will follow thee . And he said to him : Go , and return back : for that which was my part , I have done to thee . * And returning back from him , he took a yoke of oxen , and killed them , and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen , and gave to the people , and they ate : and rising up he went away , and followed Elias , and ministered to him .

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