Elijah · Issue #4 of 7
The Journey To Horeb
1 Kings 19:1–13 · World English Bible
1 Kings 19:1
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
1 Kings 19:2
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!
1 Kings 19:3
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
1 Kings 19:4
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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
1 Kings 19:5
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him,
Arise and eat!
1 Kings 19:6
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.
1 Kings 19:7
The LORD’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said,
Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
1 Kings 19:8
He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
1 Kings 19:9
He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, the LORD’s word came to him, and he said to him,
What are you doing here, Elijah?
1 Kings 19:10
He said,
I have been very jealous for the LORD, 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.
1 Kings 19:11
He said,
Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD.
Behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces 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.
1 Kings 19:12
After the earthquake a fire passed; but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
1 Kings 19:13
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?
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