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1. And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by 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. 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.`
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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 he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah`s, and leaveth his young man 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. 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 am not 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. And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, 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. and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake baken on burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.
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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 messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;`
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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. 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.
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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 he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah is unto him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, 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. 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.`
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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. 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 is Jehovah; and after the wind a shaking: -- not in the shaking is Jehovah;
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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 shaking a fire: -- not in the fire is Jehovah; and after the fire a voice still small;
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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. and it cometh to pass, at Elijah`s hearing it, that he wrappeth his face in his robe, and goeth out, and standeth at the opening of the cave, and lo, unto him is a voice, and it saith, `What -- to thee, 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 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.`
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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. 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,
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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. 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.
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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. `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;
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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. 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.`
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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. And he goeth thence, and findeth Elisha son of Shaphat, and he is plowing; twelve yoke are before him, and he is with the twelfth; and Elijah passeth over unto him, and casteth his robe upon 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 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?`
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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. 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.
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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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