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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"><link rel="canonical" href="https://bibleapps.com/drb/1_kings/19.htm"><title>1 Kings 19 DRB</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../bible.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="112" scrolling="no" src="../top.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav1/1_kings/19.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="54" scrolling="no" src="../../nav2/1_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><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../../menu.htm" width="100%" height="50" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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="100%" valign="top">Douay-Rheims Bible</tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Elijah Flees Jezebel</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Achab told Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Elias was afraid, and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there, <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And he cast himself down, end slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb. </p> <p class="hdg">The Lord Speaks to Elijah at Horeb</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave: and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias? <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the fire a whistling of a gentle air. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering in of the cave, and behold a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou here, Elias? And he answered: <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they have destroyed thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and they seek my life to take it away. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the Lord said to him: Go, and return on thy way through the desert to Damascus: and when thou art come thither, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And thou shalt anoint Jehu the son of Namsi to be king over Israel: and Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be prophet in thy room. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain by Jehu: and whosoever shall escape the sword of Jehu, shall be slain by Eliseus. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him kissing the hands. </p> <p class="hdg">The Call of Elisha</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my part, I have done to thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="../../par/1_kings/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate: and rising up he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Douay-Rheims Bible<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://bereanbible.com/">Berean Study Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://bibleapps.com">BibleApps.com</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_kings/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="../../leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="../../left.png"' title="1 Kings 18"><img src="../../left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_kings/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="../../rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="../../right.png"' title="1 Kings 20"><img src="../../right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="../../botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="../../botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="../../botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="../../botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="../../botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="../../botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="../../botmenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>