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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
Now
Ahab told Jezebel everything
that Elijah had done and how he had killed
all the prophets with the sword.
Ahab told Jezebel all
that Elijah had done ,
and withal
how he had slain
all the prophets with the sword.
So
Jezebel sent
a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May
the gods deal
with
me, and ever
so
severely
, if by
this
time
tomorrow
I do
not
make your life like
the lives
of those
you
killed!”
Then
Jezebel send
a messenger to Elijah, saying, So
let
the gods do
to
me, and more
also
, if I don't
make your life as
the life
of one
of
them
by
tomorrow
about
this
time.
And
Elijah
was
afraid
and ran
for his life .
When
he
came to Beersheba in
Judah, he
left his servant there ,
When
he
saw
that,
he
arose,
and went
for his life ,
and
came to Beersheba ,
which
belongs
to
Judah, and
left his servant there .
while
he himself traveled
on
a day’s
journey into the wilderness .
He
sat down under a broom
tree and prayed
that he might die .
“I
have
had
enough, LORD
, ”
he
said.
“
Take my life ,
for I am no
better than my fathers. ”
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
Yahweh
, take away
my life ;
for I am not
better than my fathers.
Then
he lay down under the
broom
tree and fell
asleep.
Suddenly
an angel touched him and said, “Get
up
and eat. ”
He lay down and
slept
under a
juniper
tree ;
and ,
behold,
an angel touched him ,
and said to
him
, Arise
and eat.
And
he looked around
, and there by
his head was
a cake of
bread
baked over
hot
coals, and a jar of water. So
he ate and drank
and lay
down again.
He looked, and ,
behold,
there was
at
his head a cake baked on
the
coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink,
and laid
him
down again.
A
second
time
the angel of the LORD
returned
and touched him, saying
, “Get
up
and eat, or
the journey will
be
too much
for you. ”
The angel of Yahweh
came
again
the second
time,
and touched him, and
said
, Arise
and eat, because
the journey is
too great
for you.
So
he got
up
and ate and drank.
And strengthened
by
that food ,
he
walked
forty days and forty nights until
he
reached
Horeb ,
the mountain
of God.
He arose,
and ate and drink,
and went
in
the
strength
of
that food forty days and forty nights to
Horeb the Mount
of God.
There Elijah
entered
a cave and spent
the
night.
And the word of the
LORD
came to him, saying
, “
What are you doing here, Elijah? ”
He
came
there to
a cave ,
and lodged
there;
and ,
behold,
the word of Yahweh
came to him, and
he
said
to
him
, What are you doing here, Elijah?
“
I have been very zealous
for the
LORD
, the God of Hosts ,”
he
replied,
“but
the Israelites
have forsaken Your covenant, torn
down Your altars, and killed
Your prophets with the sword .
I am
the
only one
left
, and they are
seeking
my life as
well
. ”
He
said,
I have been very jealous
for Yahweh
, the God of hosts ;
for
the children
of
Israel
have forsaken your covenant, thrown
down your altars, and slain
your prophets with the sword :
and
I ,
even
I
only, am
left;
and they seek
my life ,
to
take
it
away
.
Then
the
LORD
said, “
Go out
and stand on the mountain before the
LORD
. Behold, the
LORD
is
about
to
pass
by .”
And a great and mighty
wind tore into
the mountains and shattered
the rocks before the
LORD,
but the
LORD
was not in the wind .
After the wind there
was
an earthquake ,
but the
LORD
was not in the earthquake .
He
said, Go forth,
and stand on the mountain before Yahweh
. Behold, Yahweh
passed
by ,
and a great and strong
wind tore the mountains ,
and broke
in
pieces
the rocks before Yahweh;
but Yahweh
was not in the wind :
and
after the wind an earthquake ;
but Yahweh
was not in the earthquake :
After the earthquake there
was
a fire ,
but the
LORD
was not in the fire .
And after the fire came
a still ,
small voice.
and
after the earthquake a fire ;
but Yahweh
was not in the fire :
and after the fire a still small voice.
When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak
and went out and stood at
the mouth
of the cave. Suddenly
a voice came
to him and said, “
What are you doing here, Elijah? ”
It
was
so,
when Elijah heard it, that
he wrapped his face in his mantle,
and went out ,
and stood in
the entrance
of the cave. Behold,
there
came
a voice to him ,
and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?
“
I have been very zealous
for the
LORD
, the God of Hosts ,”
he
replied,
“but
the Israelites
have forsaken Your covenant, torn
down Your altars, and killed
Your prophets with the sword .
I am
the
only one
left
, and they are
seeking
my life as
well
. ”
He
said,
I have been very jealous
for Yahweh
, the God of hosts ;
for
the children
of
Israel
have forsaken your covenant, thrown
down your altars, and slain
your prophets with the sword ;
and
I ,
even
I
only, am
left;
and they seek
my life ,
to
take
it
away
.
Then
the
LORD
said to him, “
Go back
by
the
way
you
came
, and
go
to the Desert
of Damascus .
When you arrive
, you are
to
anoint Hazael as
king over Aram.
Yahweh
said to him, Go, return
on
your
way
to the wilderness
of Damascus :
and
when you come
, you shall
anoint Hazael to
be
king over Syria;
You
are
also
to
anoint
Jehu son of Nimshi as
king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from
Abel -
meholah to
succeed
you as
prophet.
and
Jehu the
son of Nimshi shall
you
anoint
to
be
king over Israel ;
and Elisha the
son of Shaphat of
Abel Meholah shall
you anoint
to
be
prophet in
your
room
.
Then
Jehu
will
put
to
death
whoever
escapes the sword of Hazael ,
and Elisha
will
put
to
death
whoever
escapes the sword of Jehu.
It
shall
happen,
that
he
who
escapes from
the sword of Hazael shall
Jehu
kill;
and he
who
escapes from
the sword of Jehu shall
Elisha
kill
.
Nevertheless,
I have
reserved
seven thousand in Israel —
all whose
knees have not bowed to Baal and whose
mouths
have
not kissed him. ”
Yet
will
I leave
[me]
seven thousand in Israel ,
all the
knees which
have not bowed to Baal ,
and every
mouth
which
has
not kissed him.
So Elijah
departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat .
He
was plowing with twelve teams
of oxen, and he was
with the twelfth team.
Elijah passed by
him and threw
his cloak
around
him.
So he
departed there,
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 over
to
him ,
and cast
his mantle
on
him.
So
Elisha
left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please
let me kiss my father and mother goodbye
, and then I will follow you. ”
“
Go on
back ,”
Elijah
replied,
“
for what have I done to you? ”
He
left the oxen, and
ran after Elijah, and said, Let me ,
I
pray
you,
kiss my father and my
mother, and then I will follow you. He
said
to
him,
Go back again;
for what have I done to you?
So
Elisha
turned
back
from him, took his
pair
of oxen, and slaughtered
them .
With the oxen’s
equipment,
he
cooked
the meat
and gave it
to the people, and they ate. Then he set
out
to
follow
and serve
Elijah.
He
returned
from following
him, and
took the
yoke
of oxen, and killed
them ,
and
boiled
their
flesh
with the instruments
of
the oxen,
and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose,
and went
after
Elijah ,
and
ministered
to
him
.
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