<vn='1'>And <sn="256">Ahab</s><sn="5046">told</s><sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="452">Elijah</s> had <sn="6213">done</s>, and <sn="3605">withal</s><sn="834">how</s> he had <sn="2026">slain</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5030">prophets</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>Then <sn="348">Jezebel</s><sn="7971">sent</s> a <sn="4397">messenger</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">So</s> let the <sn="430">gods</s><sn="6213">do</s> to me, and <sn="3254">more</s><sn="3541">also</s>, <sn="3588">if</s> I <sn="7760">make</s> not <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s> as the <sn="5315">life</s> of <sn="259">one</s><sn="4480">of</s> them by <sn="4279">tomorrow</s> about this <sn="6256">time</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And when he <sn="7200">saw</s> that, he <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">for</s> his <sn="5315">life</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="884">Beer</s> -sheba, <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="5117">left</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5288">servant</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>But he <sn="1931">himself</s><sn="1980">went</s> a <sn="3117">day</s> 's <sn="1870">journey</s> into the <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> and sat <sn="3427">down</s><sn="8478">under</s><sn="259">a</s> juniper <sn="7574">tree</s>: and he <sn="7592">requested</s><sn="*853"></s> for <sn="5315">himself</s> that he might <sn="4191">die</s>; and <sn="559">said</s>, It is <sn="7227">enough</s>; <sn="6258">now</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, take <sn="3947">away</s> my <sn="5315">life</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="595">I</s> am <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2896">better</s> than my <sn="4480 1">fathers</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And as he <sn="7901">lay</s> and <sn="3462">slept</s><sn="8478">under</s><sn="259">a</s> juniper <sn="7574">tree</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="2088">then</s> an <sn="4397">angel</s><sn="5060">touched</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="6965">Arise</s> and <sn="398">eat</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And he <sn="5027">looked</s>, and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there was a <sn="5692">cake</s> baked on the <sn="7529">coals</s>, and a <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="4325">water</s> at his <sn="4763">head</s>. And he did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and laid him <sn="7901">down</s><sn="7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> came <sn="7725">again</s> the second <sn="8145">time</s>, and <sn="5060">touched</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6965">Arise</s> and <sn="398">eat</s>; <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="1870">journey</s> is too <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4480">for</s> thee. </v>
<vn='8'>And he <sn="6965">arose</s>, and did <sn="398">eat</s> and <sn="8354">drink</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> in the <sn="3581">strength</s> of <sn="1931">that</s><sn="396">meat</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="3117">days</s> and <sn="705">forty</s><sn="3915">nights</s><sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2722">Horeb</s> the <sn="2022">mount</s> of <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="935">came</s><sn="8033">thither</s><sn="413">unto</s> a <sn="4631">cave</s>, and <sn="3885">lodged</s><sn="8033">there</s>; and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> came <sn="413">to</s> him, and he <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">What</s> doest thou <sn="6311">here</s>, <sn="452">Elijah</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, I have been very <sn="7065 7065">jealous</s> for the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> thy <sn="1285">covenant</s>, thrown <sn="2040">down</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="4196">altars</s>, and <sn="2026">slain</s> thy <sn="5030">prophets</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and <sn="589">I</s>, even I <sn="905">only</s>, am <sn="3498">left</s>; and they <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">life</s>, to take it <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, Go <sn="3318">forth</s>, and <sn="5975">stand</s> upon the <sn="2022">mount</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="3068">LORD</s> passed <sn="5674">by</s>, and a <sn="1419">great</s> and <sn="2389">strong</s><sn="7307">wind</s><sn="6561">rent</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, and broke in <sn="7665">pieces</s> the <sn="5553">rocks</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; but the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="7307">wind</s>: and <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s> an <sn="7494">earthquake</s>; but the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="7494">earthquake</s>: </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="7494">earthquake</s> a <sn="784">fire</s>; but the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3808">not</s> in the <sn="784">fire</s>: and <sn="310">after</s> the <sn="784">fire</s> a <sn="1827">still</s><sn="1851">small</s><sn="6963">voice</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And it <sn="1961">was</s> so, when <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, that he <sn="3874">wrapped</s> his <sn="6440">face</s> in his <sn="155">mantle</s>, and went <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5975">stood</s> in the entering <sn="6607">in</s> of the <sn="4631">cave</s>. And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, there came a <sn="6963">voice</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> doest thou <sn="6311">here</s>, <sn="452">Elijah</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>And he <sn="559">said</s>, I have been very <sn="7065 7065">jealous</s> for the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> thy <sn="1285">covenant</s>, thrown <sn="2040">down</s><sn="*853"></s> thine <sn="4196">altars</s>, and <sn="2026">slain</s> thy <sn="5030">prophets</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and <sn="589">I</s>, even I <sn="905">only</s>, am <sn="3498">left</s>; and they <sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5315">life</s>, to take it <sn="3947">away</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="1980">Go</s>, <sn="7725">return</s> on thy <sn="1870">way</s> to the <sn="4057">wilderness</s> of <sn="1834">Damascus</s>: and when thou <sn="935">comest</s>, <sn="4886">anoint</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2371">Hazael</s> to be <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="758">Syria</s>: </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="3058">Jehu</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="5250">Nimshi</s> shalt thou <sn="4886">anoint</s> to be <sn="4428">king</s><sn="5921">over</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and <sn="477">Elisha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8202">Shaphat</s> of <sn="4480 65">Abel</s> -meholah shalt thou <sn="4886">anoint</s> to be <sn="5030">prophet</s> in thy <sn="8478">room</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that him that <sn="4422">escapeth</s> the <sn="4480 2719">sword</s> of <sn="2371">Hazael</s> shall <sn="3058">Jehu</s><sn="4191">slay</s>: and him that <sn="4422">escapeth</s> from the <sn="4480 2719">sword</s> of <sn="3058">Jehu</s> shall <sn="477">Elisha</s><sn="4191">slay</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Yet I have <sn="7604">left</s> me <sn="7651">seven</s><sn="505">thousand</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1290">knees</s><sn="834">which</s> have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3766">bowed</s> unto <sn="1168">Baal</s>, and <sn="3605">every</s><sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5401">kissed</s> him. </v>
<vn='19'>So he <sn="1980">departed</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="477">Elisha</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8202">Shaphat</s>, <sn="1931">who</s> was <sn="2790">plowing</s> with <sn="8147 6240">twelve</s><sn="6776">yoke</s> of oxen <sn="6440">before</s> him, and <sn="1931">he</s> with the <sn="8147 6240">twelfth</s>: and <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="5674">passed</s><sn="413">by</s> him, and <sn="7993">cast</s> his <sn="155">mantle</s><sn="413">upon</s> him. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="5800">left</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1241">oxen</s>, and <sn="7323">ran</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Let me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="5401">kiss</s> my <sn="1">father</s> and my <sn="517">mother</s>, and then I will <sn="1980 310">follow</s> thee. And he <sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="1980">Go</s> back <sn="7725">again</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="4100">what</s> have I <sn="6213">done</s> to thee? </v>
<vn='21'>And he returned <sn="7725">back</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> him, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="6776">yoke</s> of <sn="1241">oxen</s>, and <sn="2076">slew</s> them, and <sn="1310">boiled</s> their <sn="1320">flesh</s> with the <sn="3627">instruments</s> of the <sn="1241">oxen</s>, and <sn="5414">gave</s> unto the <sn="5971">people</s>, and they did <sn="398">eat</s>. Then he <sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, and <sn="8334">ministered</s> unto him. </v>