1Kings:19:4-15
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But he himself went a day '
s journey into the wilderness ,
and came and sat down under a juniper tree :
and he requested for himself that he might die ;
and said ,
It is enough ;
now ,
O LORD ,
take away my life ;
for I am not better than my fathers .
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And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree ,
behold ,
then an angel touched him ,
and said unto him ,
Arise and eat .
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And he looked ,
and ,
behold ,
there was a cake baken on the coals ,
and a cruse of water at his head .
And he did eat and drink ,
and laid him down again .
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And the angel of the LORD came again the second time ,
and touched him ,
and said ,
Arise and eat ;
because the journey is too great for thee .
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And he arose ,
and did eat and drink ,
and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God .
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And he came thither unto a cave ,
and lodged there ;
and ,
behold ,
the word of the LORD came to him ,
and he said unto him ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
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And he said ,
I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts :
for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant ,
thrown down thine altars ,
and slain thy prophets with the sword ;
and I ,
even I only ,
am left ;
and they seek my life ,
to take it away .
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And he said ,
Go forth ,
and stand upon the mount before the LORD .
And ,
behold ,
the LORD passed by ,
and a great and strong wind rent the mountains ,
and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD ;
but the LORD was not in the wind :
and after the wind an earthquake ;
but the LORD was not in the earthquake :
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And after the earthquake a fire ;
but the LORD was not in the fire :
and after the fire a still small voice .
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And it was so ,
when Elijah heard it ,
that he wrapped his face in his mantle ,
and went out ,
and stood in the entering in of the cave .
And ,
behold ,
there came a voice unto him ,
and said ,
What doest thou here ,
Elijah ?
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And he said ,
I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts :
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant ,
thrown down thine altars ,
and slain thy prophets with the sword ;
and I ,
even I only ,
am left ;
and they seek my life ,
to take it away .
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And the LORD said unto him ,
Go ,
return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus :
and when thou comest ,
anoint Hazael to be king over Syria :