c.
Elijah being threatened by Jezebel, the wife of Ahab
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1 Kings 19
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19:1
And Ahab told
aJezebel all that Elijah had done and all about how he had
bslain all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 19
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19:2
And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, The gods do so
to me and even more, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them!
1 Kings 19
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19:3
And because he was afraid, he rose up and went away for his life; and he came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his attendant there.
1 Kings 19
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19:4
And he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a certain broom shrub; and he requested for himself that he might die and said,
aIt is enough; now, O Jehovah, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
1 Kings 19
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19:5
And he lay down and slept under the broom shrub. And suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, Rise up
and eat.
1 Kings 19
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19:6
And he looked, and there at his head was a cake,
baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
1 Kings 19
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19:7
And the
aangel of Jehovah came again the second time and touched him and said, Rise up
and eat; for the journey is too great for you.
1 Kings 19
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19:8
And he rose up and ate and drank, and he went in the strength of that food
aforty days and forty nights to
bHoreb the mount of God.
5.
Jehovah's commission to Elijah in his discouragement
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1 Kings 19
:9
19:9
And there he went into a
acave and lodged there. And at that time the word of Jehovah
came to him; and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
1 Kings 19
:10
19:10
And he said, I have been very
ajealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and
bslain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am
cleft, and they seek to take my life.
1 Kings 19
:11
19:11
And He said, Go out, and stand upon the
amountain before Jehovah. And suddenly Jehovah passed by, and a great, strong
bwind rent the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before Jehovah — Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an
cearthquake — Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
1 Kings 19
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19:12
And after the earthquake, a fire — Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire,
1a gentle, quiet
avoice.
1 Kings 19
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19:13
And when Elijah heard
it, he wrapped his
aface in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And then a voice
came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
1 Kings 19
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19:14
And he said, I have been very
ajealous for Jehovah the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword; and I alone am left, and they seek to take my life.
1 Kings 19
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19:15
And Jehovah said to him, Go; return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus; and when you come
there, anoint Hazael as king over Syria;
1 Kings 19
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19:16
And aJehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel; and
bElisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.
1 Kings 19
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19:17
And him who escapes the sword of
aHazael,
bJehu will kill; and him who escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
1 Kings 19
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19:18
Yet aI have left
Myself 1seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.
6.
Elijah finding Elisha and gaining him to follow him and replace him
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1 Kings 19
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19:19
And he went from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat. And he was plowing with twelve yokes before him, and he was with the twelfth. And Elijah went over to him and threw his
amantle upon him.
1 Kings 19
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19:20
And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said,
aLet me kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
1 Kings 19
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19:21
And he returned from him and took the yoke of oxen and slaughtered them; and he boiled their flesh with the
aimplements of the oxen and gave
it to the people, and they ate. And he rose up and went after Elijah and
bministered to him.
