1 Kings 19
Elijah Flees to
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And Ahab told Jez'ebel all that Eli'jah
had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the
sword.
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Then Jez'ebel sent a messenger unto
Eli'jah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if
I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about
this time.
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And when he saw that, he arose,
and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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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 baked 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,
Eli'jah?
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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. Rom. 11.3
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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 Eli'jah 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, Eli'jah?
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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 Haz'a-el to be king over Syria: 2
Kgs. 8.7-13
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and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou
anoint to be king over Israel: 2 Kgs. 9.1-6 and Eli'sha the son of Shaphat of A'bel-meho'lah shalt thou
anoint to be prophet in thy room.
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And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Haz'a-el shall Jehu slay: and him
that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Eli'sha slay.
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Yet I have left me seven thousand
in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Ba'al, Rom.
11.4 and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
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The Call of
Elisha |
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So he departed thence, and found
Eli'sha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and
Eli'jah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
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And he left the oxen, and ran after
Eli'jah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my
mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go
back again: for what have I done to thee?
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And he returned back from him, and took a
yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the
instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat.
Then he arose, and went after Eli'jah, and ministered unto
him.
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