19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and also how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
19:3 And when he saw that, he arose and went for his life. And he came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah and left his servant there. 19:4 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 Jehovah, take away my life, because I am no better than my fathers.
19:5 And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree, and behold, a messenger touched him and said to him, Arise and eat. 19:6 And he looked, and behold, a cake baked on the coals and a jar of water was at his head . And he ate and drank and laid him down again.
19:7 And the messenger of Jehovah came again the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat because the journey is too great for you. 19:8 And he arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mountain of God.
19:9 And he came to a cave there and lodged there. And behold, the word of Jehovah came to him and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. Because the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars and slain your prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:11 And he said, Go forth and stand upon the mountain before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah, but Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake. 19:12 And after the earthquake a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire. And after the fire a still small voice.
19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah? 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. Because the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars and slain your prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left and they seek my life to take it away.
19:15 And Jehovah said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you come, you will anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. 19:16 And you will anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel. And you will anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place. 19:17 And it will happen, that he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill. And he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
19:18 Yet I have reserved for me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal and every mouth which has not kissed him.
19:19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and cast his mantle upon him. 19:20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, I beseech you, let me kiss my father and my mother and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, because what have I done to you?
19:21 And he returned from following him and took the yoke of oxen and killed them and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen and gave to the people and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.