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1. King Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how Elijah had killed all the prophets with a sword.
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1. And Ahab H256 told H5046 Jezebel H348 H853 all H3605 that H834 Elijah H452 had done H6213 , and withal H3605 how H834 he had slain H2026 H853 all H3605 the prophets H5030 with the sword H2719 .
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2. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods punish me terribly if by this time tomorrow I don't kill you just as you killed those prophets."
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2. Then Jezebel H348 sent H7971 a messenger H4397 unto H413 Elijah H452 , saying H559 , So H3541 let the gods H430 do H6213 to me , and more H3254 also H3541 , if H3588 I make H7760 not H853 thy life H5315 as the life H5315 of one H259 of H4480 them by tomorrow H4279 about this time H6256 .
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3. When Elijah heard this, he was afraid and ran for his life, taking his servant with him. When they came to Beersheba in Judah, Elijah left his servant there.
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3. And when he saw H7200 that , he arose H6965 , and went H1980 for H413 his life H5315 , and came H935 to Beer H884 -sheba, which H834 belongeth to Judah H3063 , and left H5117 H853 his servant H5288 there H8033 .
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4. Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. "I have had enough, Lord," he prayed. "Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors."
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4. But he himself H1931 went H1980 a day H3117 's journey H1870 into the wilderness H4057 , and came H935 and sat down H3427 under H8478 a H259 juniper tree H7574 : and he requested H7592 H853 for himself H5315 that he might die H4191 ; and said H559 , It is enough H7227 ; now H6258 , O LORD H3068 , take away H3947 my life H5315 ; for H3588 I H595 am not H3808 better H2896 than my fathers H4480 H1 .
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5. Then he lay down under the tree and slept. Suddenly an angel came to him and touched him. "Get up and eat," the angel said.
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5. And as he lay H7901 and slept H3462 under H8478 a H259 juniper tree H7574 , behold H2009 , then H2088 an angel H4397 touched H5060 him , and said H559 unto him, Arise H6965 and eat H398 .
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6. Elijah saw near his head a loaf baked over coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. Then he went back to sleep.
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6. And he looked H5027 , and, behold H2009 , there was a cake H5692 baked on the coals H7529 , and a cruse H6835 of water H4325 at his head H4763 . And he did eat H398 and drink H8354 , and laid him down H7901 again H7725 .
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7. Later the Lord's angel came to him a second time. The angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat. If you don't, the journey will be too hard for you."
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7. And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 came again H7725 the second time H8145 , and touched H5060 him , and said H559 , Arise H6965 and eat H398 ; because H3588 the journey H1870 is too great H7227 for H4480 thee.
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8. So Elijah got up and ate and drank. The food made him strong enough to walk for forty days and nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.
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8. And he arose H6965 , and did eat H398 and drink H8354 , and went H1980 in the strength H3581 of that H1931 meat H396 forty H705 days H3117 and forty H705 nights H3915 unto H5704 Horeb H2722 the mount H2022 of God H430 .
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9. There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night.
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9. And he came H935 thither H8033 unto H413 a cave H4631 , and lodged H3885 there H8033 ; and, behold H2009 , the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came to H413 him , and he said H559 unto him, What H4100 doest thou here H6311 , Elijah H452 ?
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10. He answered, "Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you as well as I could. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with swords. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."
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10. And he said H559 , I have been very jealous H7065 H7065 for the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 : for H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have forsaken H5800 thy covenant H1285 , thrown down H2040 H853 thine altars H4196 , and slain H2026 thy prophets H5030 with the sword H2719 ; and I H589 , even I only H905 , am left H3498 ; and they seek H1245 H853 my life H5315 , to take it away H3947 .
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11. The Lord said to Elijah, "Go, stand in front of me on the mountain, and I will pass by you." Then a very strong wind blew until it caused the mountains to fall apart and large rocks to break in front of 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.
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11. And he said H559 , Go forth H3318 , and stand H5975 upon the mount H2022 before H6440 the LORD H3068 . And, behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 passed by H5674 , and a great H1419 and strong H2389 wind H7307 rent H6561 the mountains H2022 , and broke in pieces H7665 the rocks H5553 before H6440 the LORD H3068 ; but the LORD H3068 was not H3808 in the wind H7307 : and after H310 the wind H7307 an earthquake H7494 ; but the LORD H3068 was not H3808 in the earthquake H7494 :
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12. After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a quiet, gentle sound.
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12. And after H310 the earthquake H7494 a fire H784 ; but the LORD H3068 was not H3808 in the fire H784 : and after H310 the fire H784 a still H1827 small H1851 voice H6963 .
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13. When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his coat and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. Then a voice said to him, "Elijah! Why are you here?"
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13. And it was H1961 so , when Elijah H452 heard H8085 it , that he wrapped H3874 his face H6440 in his mantle H155 , and went out H3318 , and stood H5975 in the entering in H6607 of the cave H4631 . And, behold H2009 , there came a voice H6963 unto H413 him , and said H559 , What H4100 doest thou here H6311 , Elijah H452 ?
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14. He answered, "Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you as well as I could. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with swords. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."
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14. And he said H559 , I have been very jealous H7065 H7065 for the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 : because H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 have forsaken H5800 thy covenant H1285 , thrown down H2040 H853 thine altars H4196 , and slain H2026 thy prophets H5030 with the sword H2719 ; and I H589 , even I only H905 , am left H3498 ; and they seek H1245 H853 my life H5315 , to take it away H3947 .
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15. The Lord said to him, "Go back on the road that leads to the desert around Damascus. Enter that city, and pour olive oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram.
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15. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 him, Go H1980 , return H7725 on thy way H1870 to the wilderness H4057 of Damascus H1834 : and when thou comest H935 , anoint H4886 H853 Hazael H2371 to be king H4428 over H5921 Syria H758 :
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16. Then pour oil on Jehu son of Nimshi to make him king over Israel. Next, pour oil on Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to make him a prophet in your place.
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16. And Jehu H3058 the son H1121 of Nimshi H5250 shalt thou anoint H4886 to be king H4428 over H5921 Israel H3478 : and Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 of Abel H4480 H65 -meholah shalt thou anoint H4886 to be prophet H5030 in thy room H8478 .
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17. Jehu will kill anyone who escapes from Hazael's sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes from Jehu's sword.
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17. And it shall come to pass H1961 , that him that escapeth H4422 the sword H4480 H2719 of Hazael H2371 shall Jehu H3058 slay H4191 : and him that escapeth H4422 from the sword H4480 H2719 of Jehu H3058 shall Elisha H477 slay H4191 .
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18. I have seven thousand people left in Israel who have never bowed down before Baal and whose mouths have never kissed his idol."
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18. Yet I have left H7604 me seven H7651 thousand H505 in Israel H3478 , all H3605 the knees H1290 which H834 have not H3808 bowed H3766 unto Baal H1168 , and every H3605 mouth H6310 which H834 hath not H3808 kissed H5401 him.
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19. So Elijah left that place and found Elisha son of Shaphat plowing a field with a team of oxen. He owned twelve teams of oxen and was plowing with the twelfth team. Elijah came up to Elisha, took off his coat, and put it on Elisha.
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19. So he departed H1980 thence H4480 H8033 , and found H4672 H853 Elisha H477 the son H1121 of Shaphat H8202 , who H1931 was plowing H2790 with twelve H8147 H6240 yoke H6776 of oxen before H6440 him , and he H1931 with the twelfth H8147 H6240 : and Elijah H452 passed H5674 by H413 him , and cast H7993 his mantle H155 upon H413 him.
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20. Then Elisha left his oxen and ran to follow Elijah. "Let me kiss my father and my mother good-bye," Elisha said. "Then I will go with you." Elijah answered, "Go back. It does not matter to me."
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20. And he left H5800 H853 the oxen H1241 , and ran H7323 after H310 Elijah H452 , and said H559 , Let me , I pray thee H4994 , kiss H5401 my father H1 and my mother H517 , and then I will follow H1980 H310 thee . And he said H559 unto him, Go H1980 back again H7725 : for H3588 what H4100 have I done H6213 to thee?
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21. So Elisha went back and took his pair of oxen and killed them. He used their wooden yoke for a fire. Then he cooked the meat and gave it to the people. After they ate it, Elisha left and followed Elijah and became his helper.
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21. And he returned back H7725 from H4480 H310 him , and took H3947 H853 a yoke H6776 of oxen H1241 , and slew H2076 them , and boiled H1310 their flesh H1320 with the instruments H3627 of the oxen H1241 , and gave H5414 unto the people H5971 , and they did eat H398 . Then he arose H6965 , and went H1980 after H310 Elijah H452 , and ministered H8334 unto him.
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