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World English Bible

1 Kings 19 (WEBP)

[1] Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
[2] Then Jezebel sent 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!”
[3] When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs 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. Then 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.”
[5] He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
[6] He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
[7] Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
[8] He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
[9] He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
[10] He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
[11] He said, “Go out 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. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
[12] After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
[13] When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
[14] He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
[15] Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
[16] Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
[17] He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
[18] Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
[19] So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and put his mantle on him.
[20] Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please 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?”
[21] He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Kings 19 (KJVS)

[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 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.

1 Kings 19:4 Heb. for his life
1 Kings 19:6 Heb. bolster
1 Kings 19:18 Or, I will leave
1 Kings 19:20 Heb. go return

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Kings 19 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἀνήγγειλεν () Αχααβ τῇ () Ιεζαβελ γυναικὶ () αὐτοῦ () πάντα, () ἃ () ἐποίησεν () Ηλιου, καὶ () ὡς () ἀπέκτεινεν () τοὺς () προφήτας () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Ιεζαβελ πρὸς () Ηλιου καὶ () εἶπεν () Εἰ () σὺ () εἶ () Ηλιου καὶ () ἐγὼ () Ιεζαβελ, τάδε () ποιήσαι () μοι () ὁ () θεὸς () καὶ () τάδε () προσθείη, () ὅτι () ταύτην () τὴν () ὥραν () αὔριον () θήσομαι () τὴν () ψυχήν () σου () καθὼς () ψυχὴν () ἑνὸς () ἐξ () αὐτῶν. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐφοβήθη () Ηλιου καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () κατὰ () τὴν () ψυχὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () καὶ () ἔρχεται () εἰς () Βηρσαβεε τὴν () Ιουδα καὶ () ἀφῆκεν () τὸ () παιδάριον () αὐτοῦ () ἐκεῖ· ()
[4] καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () ὁδὸν () ἡμέρας () καὶ () ἦλθεν () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ὑπὸ () ραθμ ἓν () καὶ () ᾐτήσατο () τὴν () ψυχὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἀποθανεῖν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἱκανούσθω () νῦν, () λαβὲ () δὴ () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () κύριε, () ὅτι () οὐ () κρείσσων () ἐγώ () εἰμι () ὑπὲρ () τοὺς () πατέρας () μου. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐκοιμήθη () καὶ () ὕπνωσεν ἐκεῖ () ὑπὸ () φυτόν, καὶ () ἰδού () τις () ἥψατο () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἀνάστηθι () καὶ () φάγε. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐπέβλεψεν () Ηλιου, καὶ () ἰδοὺ () πρὸς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ () ἐγκρυφίας ὀλυρίτης καὶ () καψάκης ὕδατος· () καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἔφαγεν () καὶ () ἔπιεν. () Καὶ () ἐπιστρέψας () ἐκοιμήθη. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἐπέστρεψεν () ὁ () ἄγγελος () κυρίου () ἐκ () δευτέρου () καὶ () ἥψατο () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Ἀνάστα () φάγε, () ὅτι () πολλὴ () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () ἡ () ὁδός. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἔφαγεν () καὶ () ἔπιεν· () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ἐν () τῇ () ἰσχύι () τῆς () βρώσεως () ἐκείνης () τεσσαράκοντα () ἡμέρας () καὶ () τεσσαράκοντα () νύκτας () ἕως () ὄρους () Χωρηβ.
[9] Καὶ () εἰσῆλθεν () ἐκεῖ () εἰς () τὸ () σπήλαιον () καὶ () κατέλυσεν () ἐκεῖ· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ῥῆμα () κυρίου () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τί () σὺ () ἐνταῦθα, Ηλιου;
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ηλιου Ζηλῶν () ἐζήλωκα () τῷ () κυρίῳ () παντοκράτορι, () ὅτι () ἐγκατέλιπόν () σε () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ· () τὰ () θυσιαστήριά () σου () κατέσκαψαν () καὶ () τοὺς () προφήτας () σου () ἀπέκτειναν () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ, () καὶ () ὑπολέλειμμαι () ἐγὼ () μονώτατος, () καὶ () ζητοῦσι () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () λαβεῖν () αὐτήν. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐξελεύσῃ () αὔριον () καὶ () στήσῃ () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου () ἐν () τῷ () ὄρει· () ἰδοὺ () παρελεύσεται () κύριος. () Καὶ () πνεῦμα () μέγα () κραταιὸν () διαλῦον () ὄρη () καὶ () συντρῖβον () πέτρας () ἐνώπιον () κυρίου, () οὐκ () ἐν () τῷ () πνεύματι () κύριος· () καὶ () μετὰ () τὸ () πνεῦμα () συσσεισμός, οὐκ () ἐν () τῷ () συσσεισμῷ κύριος· ()
[12] καὶ () μετὰ () τὸν () συσσεισμὸν πῦρ, () οὐκ () ἐν () τῷ () πυρὶ () κύριος· () καὶ () μετὰ () τὸ () πῦρ () φωνὴ () αὔρας λεπτῆς, () κακεῖ () κύριος. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὡς () ἤκουσεν () Ηλιου, καὶ () ἐπεκάλυψεν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () τῇ () μηλωτῇ () ἑαυτοῦ () καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () καὶ () ἔστη () ὑπὸ () τὸ () σπήλαιον· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () φωνὴ () καὶ () εἶπεν () Τί () σὺ () ἐνταῦθα, Ηλιου;
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ηλιου Ζηλῶν () ἐζήλωκα () τῷ () κυρίῳ () παντοκράτορι, () ὅτι () ἐγκατέλιπον () τὴν () διαθήκην () σου () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ· () τὰ () θυσιαστήριά () σου () καθεῖλαν () καὶ () τοὺς () προφήτας () σου () ἀπέκτειναν () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ, () καὶ () ὑπολέλειμμαι () ἐγὼ () μονώτατος, () καὶ () ζητοῦσι () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () λαβεῖν () αὐτήν. ()
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Πορεύου () ἀνάστρεφε () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδόν () σου () καὶ () ἥξεις () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδὸν () ἐρήμου () Δαμασκοῦ () καὶ () χρίσεις () τὸν () Αζαηλ εἰς () βασιλέα () τῆς () Συρίας· ()
[16] καὶ () τὸν () Ιου υἱὸν () Ναμεσσι χρίσεις () εἰς () βασιλέα () ἐπὶ () Ισραηλ· () καὶ () τὸν () Ελισαιε υἱὸν () Σαφατ ἀπὸ () Αβελμαουλα χρίσεις () εἰς () προφήτην () ἀντὶ () σοῦ. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔσται () τὸν () σῳζόμενον () ἐκ () ῥομφαίας () Αζαηλ θανατώσει () Ιου, καὶ () τὸν () σῳζόμενον () ἐκ () ῥομφαίας () Ιου θανατώσει () Ελισαιε.
[18] Καὶ () καταλείψεις () ἐν () Ισραηλ () ἑπτὰ () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν, () πάντα () γόνατα, () ἃ () οὐκ () ὤκλασαν γόνυ () τῷ () Βααλ, () καὶ () πᾶν () στόμα, () ὃ () οὐ () προσεκύνησεν () αὐτῷ. ()
[19] Καὶ () ἀπῆλθεν () ἐκεῖθεν () καὶ () εὑρίσκει () τὸν () Ελισαιε υἱὸν () Σαφατ, καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἠροτρία () ἐν () βουσίν ()—δώδεκα () ζεύγη () βοῶν () ἐνώπιον () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐν () τοῖς () δώδεκα ()—καὶ () ἐπῆλθεν () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἐπέρριψε () τὴν () μηλωτὴν () αὐτοῦ () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν. ()
[20] Καὶ () κατέλιπεν () Ελισαιε τὰς () βόας () καὶ () κατέδραμεν () ὀπίσω () Ηλιου καὶ () εἶπεν () Καταφιλήσω () τὸν () πατέρα () μου () καὶ () ἀκολουθήσω () ὀπίσω () σου· () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ηλιου Ἀνάστρεφε, () ὅτι () πεποίηκά () σοι. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἀνέστρεψεν () ἐξόπισθεν αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὰ () ζεύγη () τῶν () βοῶν () καὶ () ἔθυσεν () καὶ () ἥψησεν αὐτὰ () ἐν () τοῖς () σκεύεσι () τῶν () βοῶν () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () τῷ () λαῷ, () καὶ () ἔφαγον· () καὶ () ἀνέστη () καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () ὀπίσω () Ηλιου καὶ () ἐλειτούργει () αὐτῷ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.