191 Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done , and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword . 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah , saying , " So may the gods do to me and even more , if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time ." 3 And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba , which belongs to Judah , and left his servant there . 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 Lord , take my life , for I am not better than my fathers ." 5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree ; and behold , there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise , eat ." 6 Then he looked and behold , there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones , and a jar of water . So he ate and drank and lay down again . 7 The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said , "Arise , eat , because the journey is too great for you." 8 So 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 .
9 Then he came there to a cave and lodged there ; and behold , the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here , Elijah ?" 10 He said , " I have been very zealous for the Lord , the God of hosts ; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant , torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword . And I alone am left ; and they seek my life , to take it away." 11 So He said , " Go forth and stand on the mountain before the Lord ." And behold , the Lord was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking 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 . 12 After the earthquake a fire , but the Lord was not in the fire ; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing . 13 When Elijah heard it, 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 ?" 14 Then he said , " I have been very zealous for the Lord , the God of hosts ; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant , torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword . And I alone am left ; and they seek my life , to take it away." 15 The Lord said to him, "Go , return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus , and when you have arrived , you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram ; 16 and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel ; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place . 17 "It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael , Jehu shall put to death , and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu , Elisha shall put to death . 18 " Yet I will leave 7,000 e in Israel , all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him."
19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat , while he was plowing with twelve e pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth e . And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. 20 He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said , "Please let me kiss my father and my mother , then I will follow e you." And he said to him, "Go back again , for what have I done to you?" 21 So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen , and gave it to the people and they ate . Then he arose and followed e Elijah and ministered to him.
