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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 which 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.
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1 Kings 19 (KJVS)
[1] And Ahab H256 told H5046 (8686) Jezebel H348 all that Elijah H452 had done H6213 (8804), and withal how he had slain H2026 (8804) all the prophets H5030 with the sword H2719.
[2] Then Jezebel H348 sent H7971 (8799) a messenger H4397 unto Elijah H452, saying H559 (8800), So let the gods H430 do H6213 (8799) [to me], and more H3254 (8686) also, if I make H7760 (8799) not thy life H5315 as the life H5315 of one H259 of them by to morrow H4279 about this time H6256.
[3] And when he saw H7200 (8799) [that], he arose H6965 (8799), and went H3212 (8799) for his life H5315, and came H935 (8799) to Beersheba H884, which [belongeth] to Judah H3063, and left H3240 (8686) his servant H5288 there.
[4] But he himself went H1980 (8804) a day’s H3117 journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057, and came H935 (8799) and sat down H3427 (8799) under a H259 juniper tree H7574: and he requested H7592 (8799) for himself H5315 that he might die H4191 (8800); and said H559 (8799), It is enough H7227; now, O LORD H3068, take away H3947 (8798) my life H5315; for I [am] not better H2896 than my fathers H1.
[5] And as he lay H7901 (8799) and slept H3462 (8799) under a H259 juniper tree H7574, behold, then an angel H4397 touched H5060 (8802) him, and said H559 (8799) unto him, Arise H6965 (8798) [and] eat H398 (8798).
[6] And he looked H5027 (8686), 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 (8799) and drink H8354 (8799), and laid him down H7901 (8799) again H7725 (8799).
[7] And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came again H7725 (8799) the second time H8145, and touched H5060 (8799) him, and said H559 (8799), Arise H6965 (8798) [and] eat H398 (8798); because the journey H1870 [is] too great H7227 for thee.
[8] And he arose H6965 (8799), and did eat H398 (8799) and drink H8354 (8799), and went H3212 (8799) 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.
[9] And he came H935 (8799) thither unto a cave H4631, and lodged H3885 (8799) there; and, behold, the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 [came] to him, and he said H559 (8799) unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah H452?
[10] And he said H559 (8799), I have been very H7065 (8763) jealous H7065 (8765) for the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635: for the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have forsaken H5800 (8804) thy covenant H1285, thrown down H2040 (8804) thine altars H4196, and slain H2026 (8804) thy prophets H5030 with the sword H2719; and I, [even] I only, am left H3498 (8735); and they seek H1245 (8762) my life H5315, to take it away H3947 (8800).
[11] And he said H559 (8799), Go forth H3318 (8798), and stand H5975 (8804) upon the mount H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068. And, behold, the LORD H3068 passed by H5674 (8802), and a great H1419 and strong H2389 wind H7307 rent H6561 (8764) the mountains H2022, and brake in pieces H7665 (8764) 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:
[12] 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.
[13] And it was [so], when Elijah H452 heard H8085 (8800) [it], that he wrapped H3874 (8686) his face H6440 in his mantle H155, and went out H3318 (8799), and stood H5975 (8799) in the entering in H6607 of the cave H4631. And, behold, [there came] a voice H6963 unto him, and said H559 (8799), What doest thou here, Elijah H452?
[14] And he said H559 (8799), I have been very H7065 (8763) jealous H7065 (8765) for the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635: because the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have forsaken H5800 (8804) thy covenant H1285, thrown down H2040 (8804) thine altars H4196, and slain H2026 (8804) thy prophets H5030 with the sword H2719; and I, [even] I only, am left H3498 (8735); and they seek H1245 (8762) my life H5315, to take it away H3947 (8800).
[15] And the LORD H3068 said H559 (8799) unto him, Go H3212 (8798), return H7725 (8798) on thy way H1870 to the wilderness H4057 of Damascus H1834: and when thou comest H935 (8804), anoint H4886 (8804) Hazael H2371 [to be] king H4428 over Syria H758:
[16] And Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250 shalt thou anoint H4886 (8799) [to be] king H4428 over Israel H3478: and Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 of Abelmeholah H65 shalt thou anoint H4886 (8799) [to be] prophet H5030 in thy room.
[17] And it shall come to pass, [that] him that escapeth H4422 (8737) the sword H2719 of Hazael H2371 shall Jehu H3058 slay H4191 (8686): and him that escapeth H4422 (8737) from the sword H2719 of Jehu H3058 shall Elisha H477 slay H4191 (8686).
[18] Yet I have left H7604 (8689) [me] seven H7651 thousand H505 in Israel H3478, all the knees H1290 which have not bowed H3766 (8804) unto Baal H1168, and every mouth H6310 which hath not kissed H5401 (8804) him.
[19] So he departed H3212 (8799) thence, and found H4672 (8799) Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202, who [was] plowing H2790 (8802) [with] twelve H8147 H6240 yoke H6776 [of oxen] before H6440 him, and he with the twelfth H8147 H6240: and Elijah H452 passed H5674 (8799) by him, and cast H7993 (8686) his mantle H155 upon him.
[20] And he left H5800 (8799) the oxen H1241, and ran H7323 (8799) after H310 Elijah H452, and said H559 (8799), Let me, I pray thee, kiss H5401 (8799) my father H1 and my mother H517, and [then] I will follow H3212 (8799) H310 thee. And he said H559 (8799) unto him, Go back H3212 (8798) again H7725 (8798): for what have I done H6213 (8804) to thee?
[21] And he returned back H7725 (8799) from him H310, and took H3947 (8799) a yoke H6776 of oxen H1241, and slew H2076 (8799) them, and boiled H1310 (8765) their flesh H1320 with the instruments H3627 of the oxen H1241, and gave H5414 (8799) unto the people H5971, and they did eat H398 (8799). Then he arose H6965 (8799), and went H3212 (8799) after H310 Elijah H452, and ministered H8334 (8762) unto him.
Young’s Literal Translation
1 Kings 19 (YLT)
[1] And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,
[2] and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, ‘Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.’
[3] And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah’s, and leaveth his young man there,
[4] and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day’s Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, ‘Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers.’
[5] And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, ‘Rise, eat;’
[6] and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake baken on burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.
[7] And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, ‘Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;’
[8] and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God-Horeb.
[9] And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, and saith to him, ‘What-to thee, here, Elijah?’
[10] And he saith, ‘I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant-Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life-to take it.’
[11] And He saith, ‘Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.’ And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind-great and strong-is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah:-not in the wind is Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking:-not in the shaking is Jehovah;
[12] and after the shaking a fire:-not in the fire is Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;
[13] and it cometh to pass, at Elijah’s hearing it, that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him is a voice, and it saith, ‘What-to thee, here, Elijah?’
[14] And he saith, ‘I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life-to take it.’
[15] And Jehovah saith unto him, ‘Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,
[16] and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.
[17] ‘And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha;
[18] and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.’
[19] And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke are before him, and he is with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,
[20] and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, ‘Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.’ And he saith to him, ‘Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?’
[21] And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.