1Kings:19

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ylt @1Kings:19:1 @And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did , and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword , ylt @1Kings:19:2 @and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah , saying , 'Thus doth the gods , and thus do they add , surely about this time to-morrow , I make thy life as the life of one of them .' ylt @1Kings:19:3 @And he feareth , and riseth , and goeth for his life , and cometh in to Beer-Sheba , that [is ] Judah 's , and leaveth his young man there , ylt @1Kings:19:4 @and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day 's Journey , and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree , and desireth his soul to die , and saith , 'Enough , now , O Jehovah , take my soul , for I [am ] not better than my fathers .' ylt @1Kings:19:5 @And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree , and lo , a messenger cometh against him , and saith to him , 'Rise , eat ;' ylt @1Kings:19:6 @and he looketh attentively , and lo , at his bolster a cake [baken on ] burning stones , and a dish of water , and he eateth , and drinketh , and turneth , and lieth down . ylt @1Kings:19:7 @And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time , and cometh against him , and saith , 'Rise , eat , for the way is too great for thee ;' ylt @1Kings:19:8 @and he riseth , and eateth , and drinketh , and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights , unto the mount of God -- Horeb . ylt @1Kings:19:9 @And he cometh in there , unto the cave , and lodgeth there , and lo , the word of Jehovah [is ] unto him , and saith to him , 'What -- to thee , here , Elijah ?' ylt @1Kings:19:10 @And he saith , 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah , God of Hosts , for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down , and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword , and I am left , I , by myself , and they seek my life -- to take it .' ylt @1Kings:19:11 @And He saith , 'Go out , and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah .' And lo , Jehovah is passing by , and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains , and shivering rocks before Jehovah : -- not in the wind [is ] Jehovah ; and after the wind a shaking : -- not in the shaking [is ] Jehovah ; ylt @1Kings:19:12 @and after the shaking a fire : -- not in the fire [is ] Jehovah ; and after the fire a voice still small ; ylt @1Kings:19:13 @and it cometh to pass , at Elijah 's hearing [it ], that he wrappeth his face in his robe , and goeth out , and standeth at the opening of the cave , and lo , unto him [is ] a voice , and it saith , 'What -- to thee , here , Elijah ?' ylt @1Kings:19:14 @And he saith , 'I have been very zealous for Jehovah , God of Hosts ; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant , Thine altars they have thrown down , and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword , and I am left , I , by myself , and they seek my life -- to take it .' ylt @1Kings:19:15 @And Jehovah saith unto him , 'Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus , and thou hast gone in , and anointed Hazael for king over Aram , ylt @1Kings:19:16 @and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel , and Elisha son of Shaphat , of Abel-Meholah , thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead . ylt @1Kings:19:17 @'And it hath been , him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael , put to death doth Jehu , and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha ; ylt @1Kings:19:18 @and I have left in Israel seven thousand , all the knees that have not bowed to Baal , and every mouth that hath not kissed him .' ylt @1Kings:19:19 @And he goeth thence , and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat , and he is plowing ; twelve yoke [are ] before him , and he [is ] with the twelfth ; and Elijah passeth over unto him , and casteth his robe upon him , ylt @1Kings:19:20 @and he forsaketh the oxen , and runneth after Elijah , and saith , 'Let me give a kiss , I pray thee , to my father and to my mother , and I go after thee .' And he saith to him , 'Go , turn back , for what have I done to thee ?' ylt @1Kings:19:21 @And he turneth back from after him , and taketh the yoke of oxen , and sacrificeth it , and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh , and giveth to the people , and they eat , and he riseth , and goeth after Elijah , and serveth him .

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