19:1 And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all
that Eliu [had] done, and how he [had] slain the prophets with the sword.
19:2 And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If thou art Eliu and I am Jezabel,
Elohim do so to me, and more also, if I do not make thy life by this time
to-morrow as the life of one of them.
19:3 And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to
Bersabee [to] the land of Judah, and he left his servant there.
19:4 And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat
under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and
said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for
I am no better than my fathers.
19:5 And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, some one
touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
19:6 And Eliu looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and
a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay
down.
19:7 And the Messenger of Yehovah returned again, and touched him, and said to
him, Arise, and eat, for the journey [is] far from thee.
19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat
forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb.
19:9 And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the
word of Yehovah [came] to him, and he said, What [doest] thou here, Eliu?
19:10 And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for Yehovah Almighty, because
the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have digged down thine
altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left
alone, and they seek my life to take it.
19:11 And he said, Thou shalt go forth to-morrow, and shalt stand before the
Lord in the mount; behold, Yehovah will pass by. And, behold, a great [and]
strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing the rocks before Yehovah;
[but] Yehovah [was] not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake;
[but] Yehovah [was] not in the earthquake:
19:12 and after the earthquake a fire; [but] Yehovah [was] not in the fire:
and after the fire the voice of a gentle breeze.
19:13 And it came to pass when Eliu heard, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went forth and stood in the cave: and, behold, a voice [came] to
him and said, What [doest] thou here, Eliu?
19:14 And Eliu said, I have been very jealous for Yehovah Almighty; for the
children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and they have overthrown
thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword! and I am left
entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it.
19:15 And Yehovah said to him, Go, return, and thou shalt come into the way
of the wilderness of Damascus: and thou shalt go and anoint Azael to be king
over Syria.
19:16 And Ju the son of Namessi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel;
and Elisaie the son of Saphat shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
19:17 And it shall come to pass that him that escapes from the sword of
Azael, Ju shall slay; and him that escapes from the sword of Ju, Elisaie
shall slay.
19:18 And thou shalt leave in Israel seven thousand men, all the knees which
had not bowed themselves to Baal, and every mouth which had not worshipped
him.
19:19 And he departed thence, and finds Elisaie the son of Saphat, and he
was ploughing with oxen; [there were] twelve yoke before him, and he with
the twelve, and he passed by to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
19:20 And Elisaie left the cattle, and ran after Eliu and said, I will kiss
my father, and follow after thee. And Eliu said, Return, for I have done [a
work] for thee.
19:21 And he returned from following him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew
them, and boiled them with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the
people, and they ate: and he arose, and went after Eliu, and ministered to
him. |
19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah
had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
19:2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do
to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by
to morrow about this time.
19:3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to
Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and
sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might
die; and said, It is enough; now, O Yehovah, take away my life; for I am not
better than my fathers.
19:5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an Messenger
touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a
cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down
again.
19:7 And the Messenger of Yehovah came again the second time, and touched him,
and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that
meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of Elohim.
19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the
word of Yehovah came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here,
Elijah?
19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for Yehovah Elohim of hosts: for
the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars,
and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they
seek my life, to take it away.
19:11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Yehovah. And,
behold, Yehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains,
and brake in pieces the rocks before Yehovah; but Yehovah was not in the
wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but Yehovah was not in the
earthquake:
19:12 And after the earthquake a fire; but Yehovah was not in the fire: and
after the fire a still small voice.
19:13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his
mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold,
there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?
19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for Yehovah Elohim of hosts:
because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left;
and they seek my life, to take it away.
19:15 And Yehovah said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of
Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
19:16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel:
and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet
in thy room.
19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael
shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha
slay.
19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have
not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
19:19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was
plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and
Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
19:20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said
unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
19:21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them,
and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the
people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and
ministered unto him. |