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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Kings 19 NET Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_kings/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NET Bible</a> > 1 Kings 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/18.htm" title="1 Kings 18">◄</a> 1 Kings 19 <a href="../1_kings/20.htm" title="1 Kings 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NET Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/net/esv/1_kings/19.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="title">Elijah Runs for His Life</p><p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, “May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> to take his life: “I’ve had enough! Now, O <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> spoke to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>. Look, the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> is ready to pass by.”</p><p class="bodytext">A very powerful wind went before the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> was not in the earthquake. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span>, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The <span class="smallcaps">Lord</span> said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Elisha went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="http://netbible.com/">NET Bible copyright © 1996-2006 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com.<br />Used by permission. 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