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1. And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the 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. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time."
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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. And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and 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. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, "It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!"
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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 as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."
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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. Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.
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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. And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great 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 he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, 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. And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
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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. So he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life."
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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. Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces 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;
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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. and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.
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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. So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
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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. And he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life."
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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. Then the LORD said to him: "Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria.
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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. "Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as 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. "It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
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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. "Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."
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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 he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
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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. And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
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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 turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant.
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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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