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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 Legacy Standard 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" /></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="../">LSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" 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="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/19.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Elijah Runs from Jezebel</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life as the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life of one of them by about this time tomorrow.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>was afraid and arose and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>ran for his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his young man there. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he asked for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take my <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>life, for I am not better than my fathers.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake <i>baked on</i> hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <p class="hdg">Elijah at Horeb</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh <i>came</i> to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So He said, “Go forth and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” And behold, Yahweh was passing by! And a great and strong wind was tearing up the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; <i>but</i> Yahweh <i>was</i> not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, <i>but</i> Yahweh <i>was</i> not in the earthquake. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then after the earthquake a fire, <i>but</i> Yahweh <i>was</i> not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a thin <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>gentle whisper. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now it happened that when Elijah heard <i>it</i>, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice <i>came</i> to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and you will arrive and anoint Hazael king over Aram; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it will be that the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.” <p class="hdg">Elijah Puts the Mantle on Elisha</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So he went from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs <i>of oxen</i> before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>So he forsook the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave <i>it</i> to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>all</i> about <i>how</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> As in many mss; Heb possibly <i>saw</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>he went</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>soul</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>silence</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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