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 Beersheba, 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. [for himself: Heb. for his life]
			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# . [head: Heb. bolster]
			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 Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint# to be prophet in thy room. [Elisha: Gr. Eliseus]
			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. [I have...: or, I will leave]
			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? [Go...: Heb. Go return]
			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.