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then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise
and
eat.
6
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.
7
And the angel of the L
ORD
came again the second time, and touched him, and
said, Arise
and
eat; because the journey
is
too great for thee.
8
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.
9
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the L
ORD
came
to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10
And he said, I have been very jealous
for the L
ORD
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.
11
And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the L
ORD
. And, behold, the
L
ORD
passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks
before the L
ORD
;
but
the L
ORD
was
not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake;
but
the L
ORD
was
not in the earthquake:
12
And after the earthquake a fire;
but
the L
ORD
was
not in the fire: and
after the fire a still small voice.
13
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?
14
And he said, I have been very jealous for the
L
ORD
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.
15
And the L
ORD
said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus:
and when thou comest, anoint Hazael
to be
king over Syria:
16
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt
thou anoint
to be
king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint
to be
prophet in thy room.
17
And it shall come to pass,
that
him that escapeth the sword of Hazael
shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.
18
Yet I have left
me
seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which
hath not kissed him.
19
So he departed thence, 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 by him, and cast his mantle
upon him.
20
And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, 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?
21
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 Elijah, and ministered unto him.
CHAPTER KINGS 20
And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and
there were
thirty and two kings
with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
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