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And Ahab[H256]told[H5046]Jezebel[H348] all that Elijah[H452] had done[H6213], and withal how he had slain[H2026] all the prophets[H5030] with the sword[H2719].
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Then Jezebel[H348]sent[H7971] a messenger[H4397] unto Elijah[H452], saying[H559], So let the gods[H430]do[H6213] to me, and more[H3254] also, if I make[H7760] not thy life[H5315] as the life[H5315] of one[H259] of them by to morrow[H4279] about this time[H6256].
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And when he saw[H7200] that, he arose[H6965], and went[H3212] for his life[H5315], and came[H935] to Beersheba[H884], which belongeth to Judah[H3063], and left[H3240] his servant[H5288] there.
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But he himself[H5315]went[H1980]a[H259] day's journey[H1870] into the wilderness[H4057], and came[H935] and sat down[H3427] under a[H259] juniper tree[H7574]: and he requested[H7592] for himself[H5315] that he might die[H4191]; and said[H559], It is enough[H7227]; now, O LORD[H3068], take away[H3947] my life[H5315]; for I am not better[H2896] than my fathers[H1].
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And as he lay[H7901] and slept[H3462] under a[H259] juniper tree[H7574], behold, then an angel[H4397]touched[H5060] him, and said[H559] unto him, Arise[H6965] and eat[H398].
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And he looked[H5027], and, behold, there was a cake[H5692] baken on the coals[H7529], and a cruse[H6835] of water[H4325] at his head[H4763]. And he did eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and laid him down[H7901]again[H7725].
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] came again[H7725] the second time[H8145], and touched[H5060] him, and said[H559], Arise[H6965] and eat[H398]; because the journey[H1870] is too great[H7227] for thee.
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And he arose[H6965], and did eat[H398] and drink[H8354], and went[H3212] in the strength[H3581] of that meat[H396]forty[H705]days[H3117] and forty[H705]nights[H3915] unto Horeb[H2722] the mount[H2022] of God[H430].
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And he came[H935] thither unto a cave[H4631], and lodged[H3885] there; and, behold, the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] to him, and he said[H559] unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?[H452]
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And he said[H559], I have been very[H7065]jealous[H7065] for the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635]: for the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] have forsaken[H5800] thy covenant[H1285], thrown down[H2040] thine altars[H4196], and slain[H2026] thy prophets[H5030] with the sword[H2719]; and I, even I only, am left[H3498]; and they seek[H1245] my life[H5315], to take it away[H3947].
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And he said[H559], Go forth[H3318], and stand[H5975] upon the mount[H2022]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]. And, behold, the LORD[H3068] passed by[H5674], and a great[H1419] and strong[H2389]wind[H7307]rent[H6561] the mountains[H2022], and brake in pieces[H7665] the rocks[H5553]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068]; but the LORD[H3068] was not in the wind[H7307]: and after[H310] the wind[H7307] an earthquake[H7494]; but the LORD[H3068] was not in the earthquake[H7494]:
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And after[H310] the earthquake[H7494] a fire[H784]; but the LORD[H3068] was not in the fire[H784]: and after[H310] the fire[H784] a still[H1827]small[H1851]voice[H6963].
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And it was so, when Elijah[H452]heard[H8085] it, that he wrapped[H3874] his face[H6440]in[H6607] his mantle[H155], and went out[H3318], and stood[H5975]in[H6607] the entering in[H6607] of the cave[H4631]. And, behold, there came a voice[H6963] unto him, and said[H559], What doest thou here, Elijah?[H452]
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And he said[H559], I have been very[H7065]jealous[H7065] for the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of hosts[H6635]: because the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] have forsaken[H5800] thy covenant[H1285], thrown down[H2040] thine altars[H4196], and slain[H2026] thy prophets[H5030] with the sword[H2719]; and I, even I only, am left[H3498]; and they seek[H1245] my life[H5315], to take it away[H3947].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto him, Go[H3212], return[H7725] on thy way[H1870] to the wilderness[H4057] of Damascus[H1834]: and when thou comest[H935], anoint[H4886]Hazael[H2371] to be king[H4428] over Syria[H758]:
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And Jehu[H3058] the son[H1121] of Nimshi[H5250] shalt thou anoint[H4886] to be king[H4428] over Israel[H3478]: and Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202] of Abelmeholah[H65] shalt thou anoint[H4886] to be prophet[H5030] in thy room.
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And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth[H4422] the sword[H2719] of Hazael[H2371] shall Jehu[H3058]slay[H4191]: and him that escapeth[H4422] from the sword[H2719] of Jehu[H3058] shall Elisha[H477]slay[H4191].
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Yet I have left[H7604] me seven[H7651]thousand[H505] in Israel[H3478], all the knees[H1290] which have not bowed[H3766] unto Baal[H1168], and every mouth[H6310] which hath not kissed[H5401] him.
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So he departed[H3212] thence, and found[H4672]Elisha[H477] the son[H1121] of Shaphat[H8202], who was plowing[H2790] with twelve[H8147]yoke[H6776] of oxen before[H6440] him, and he with the twelfth[H8147]: and Elijah[H452]passed[H5674] by him, and cast[H7993] his mantle[H155] upon him.
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And he left[H5800] the oxen[H1241], and ran[H7323]after[H310]Elijah[H452], and said[H559], Let me, I pray thee, kiss[H5401] my father[H1] and my mother[H517], and then I will follow[H3212] thee. And he said[H559] unto him, Go back[H3212]again[H7725]: for what have I done[H6213] to thee?
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And he returned back[H7725] from him[H310], and took[H3947] a yoke[H6776] of oxen[H1241], and slew[H2076] them, and boiled[H1310] their flesh[H1320] with the instruments[H3627] of the oxen[H1241], and gave[H5414] unto the people[H5971], and they did eat[H398]. Then he arose[H6965], and went[H3212]after[H310]Elijah[H452], and ministered[H8334] unto him[H310].