Elijah Escapes Jezebel's Threat on His Life |
1 Kings 19:1-21 1 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
[King] Ahab told [queen] Jezebel all Elijah had done & how he had [killed] the [false] prophets [of the false god, Baal] with a sword. |
Then, Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, Let the gods do to me & more also, if I don't make your life [like] the life of [1 of these dead prophets] by tomorrow [around] this time. |
When [Elijah] saw that [his life was threatened,] he arose & [ran] for his life & left his servant there. [Elijah] went a day's journey into the wilderness & came & sat down under a juniper tree & requested that he might die & said, O Lord, take my life, for I'm not better than my [forefathers]. |
As [Elijah] slept under the juniper tree & an Angel touched him & said, Arise & eat. [Elijah] looked & [saw] a cake [of bread] was [cooking] there on the coals & a [jug] of water [was by] his head. He ate & drank & laid down again. |
The Angel of the Lord came again the 2nd time & touched him & said, Arise & eat; because the journey is too [long] for you. [Elijah] arose & ate & drank & went [in] the strength of that [food for] 40 days & nights to Horeb, the Mount of God. |
[Elijah went into] a cave & lodged there & behold, the word of the Lord [God] came to him & He said to [Elijah,] What [are you doing] here, Elijah? |
[Elijah] said, I have been very [zealous] for the Lord God of Hosts: for the children [people] of Israel have [abandoned] Your covenant [contract] & thrown down Your altars & [killed] Your prophets with the sword & I am the only 1 left. |
They seek to take my life away. [The Lord] said, Go [out] & stand upon the mount before the Lord. behold, the Lord passed by & a great, strong wind [tore] the mountains & broke the rocks [into] pieces before the Lord; but the Lord wasn't in the wind. |
After the wind, [there was] an earthquake; but the Lord wasn't in the earthquake. After the earthquake, [there was] a fire; but the Lord wasn't in the fire. |
After the fire, [there was] a still, small voice & it was when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his [cloak] & went out & stood in the [cave's] entrance. Behold, a voice came to him & said, What [are you doing] here, Elijah? |
[Again, Elijah] said, I have been very [zealous] for the Lord God of Hosts; because the [people] of Israel have [abandoned] Your covenant [contact,] thrown down Your altars & [killed] Your prophets with the sword & only I am left & they seek to take my life. |
The Lord said to him, Go & return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus. When you come [there,] anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. You shall [also] anoint Jehu, [Nimshi's] son, to be king over Israel. |
You shall anoint Elisha, [Shaphat's] son, [who was] the son of Abel Meholah, to be [the] priest in your [place]. It shall [happen] that [the person who] escapes [death by] the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall [kill]. |
And [the person who] escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall [kill]. I, [the Lord God,] have left 7,000 in Israel for Me who haven't bowed [their] knees to Baal [a false god] or kissed him. |
[Then,] Elijah departed & found Elisha, [Shaphat's] son, who was plowing with 12 [pairs] of oxen [in front of] him & he was behind the 12th [pair]. Elijah passed by [Elisha] & [Elijah threw his cloak on Elisha]. |
[Elisha] left the oxen & ran after Elijah & said, I pray that you let me kiss my father & mother & then, I will follow you. [Elijah] said to [Elisha,] Go back again: for what have I done to you? |
And [Elisha left Elijah] & returned. [Elisha] took a [pair] of oxen & killed & boiled [them] with the oxen's [tools] & gave [it to] the people & they [ate]. Then, [Elisha] arose & went after Elijah & ministered to him. |