Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast
turned their heart back again.
[38] Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and
the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
[39] And when
all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is
the God.
[40] And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they
took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
[41] And Elijah said
unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
[42] So Ahab went up to
eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and
put his face between his knees,
[43] And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he
went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
[44] And it came
to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's
hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop
thee not.
[45] And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind,
and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
[46] And the hand of the LORD was on
Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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[1] And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with
the sword.
[2] Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, 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 to morrow about this time.
[3] 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.
[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
away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
[5] And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold,
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 LORD 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 LORD came to him, and he
said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
[10] 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.
[11] 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:
[12] And
after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD 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 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.
[15] And the LORD 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