1 A hab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

2 T hen Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.

and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

3 T hen he was afraid and arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba of Judah and left his servant there.

And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

4 B ut he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a lone broom or juniper tree and asked that he might die. He said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers.

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I not better than my fathers.'

5 A s he lay asleep under the broom or juniper tree, behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat.

And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'

6 H e looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a bottle of water at his head. And he ate and drank and lay down again.

and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.

7 T he angel of the Lord came the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.

And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'

8 S o he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and nights to Horeb, the mount of God.

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb.

9 T here he came to a cave and lodged in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?

And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah unto him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

10 H e replied, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant -- Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

11 A nd He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;

And He saith, `Go out, and thou hast stood in the mount before Jehovah.' And lo, Jehovah is passing by, and a wind -- great and strong -- is rending mountains, and shivering rocks before Jehovah: -- not in the wind Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking Jehovah;

12 A nd after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still, small voice.

and after the shaking a fire: -- not in the fire Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;

13 W hen Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah?

and it cometh to pass, at Elijah's hearing, that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him a voice, and it saith, `What -- to thee, here, Elijah?'

14 H e said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left, and they seek my life, to destroy it.

And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life -- to take it.'

15 A nd the Lord said to him, Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.

And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,

16 A nd anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place.

and Jehu son of Nimshi thou dost anoint for king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel-Meholah, thou dost anoint for prophet in thy stead.

17 A nd him who escapes from the sword of Hazael Jehu shall slay, and him who escapes the sword of Jehu Elisha shall slay.

`And it hath been, him who is escaped from the sword of Hazael, put to death doth Jehu, and him who is escaped from the sword of Jehu put to death doth Elisha;

18 Y et I will leave Myself 7, 000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.

and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'

19 S o Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, whose plowing was being done with twelve yoke of oxen, and he drove the twelfth. Elijah crossed over to him and cast his mantle upon him.

And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke before him, and he with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon him,

20 H e left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you. And he said, Go on back. What have I done to you?

and he forsaketh the oxen, and runneth after Elijah, and saith, `Let me give a kiss, I pray thee, to my father and to my mother, and I go after thee.' And he saith to him, `Go, turn back, for what have I done to thee?'

21 S o Elisha went back from him. Then he took a yoke of oxen, slew them, boiled their flesh with the oxen’s yoke, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, followed Elijah, and served him.

And he turneth back from after him, and taketh the yoke of oxen, and sacrificeth it, and with instruments of the oxen he hath boiled their flesh, and giveth to the people, and they eat, and he riseth, and goeth after Elijah, and serveth him.