Dual Panel1Ahab <0256> told <05046> Jezebel <0348> all <03605> that <0834> Elijah <0452> had done <06213>, including a detailed account <03605> of how he killed <02026> all <03605> the prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>.
2Jezebel <0348> sent <07971> a messenger <04397> to <0413> Elijah <0452> with this <03541> warning <0559>, “May the gods <0430> judge <06213> me severely <03254> if <03588> by this time <06256> tomorrow <04279> I do not take <07760> your life <05315> as you did theirs <01992> <05315>!”
3Elijah was afraid <07200>, so he got up <06965> and fled <01980> for <0413> his life <05315> to Beer Sheba <0884> in Judah <03063>. He left <03240> his servant <05288> there <08033>,
4while he <01931> went <01980> a day’s <03117> journey <01870> into the desert <04057>. He went <0935> and sat down <03427> under <08478> a <0259> shrub <07574> and asked <07592> the Lord to take <04191> his life <05315>: “I’ve had enough <07227>! Now <06258>, O Lord <03068>, take <03947> my life <05315>. After all <03588>, I’m <0595> no <03808> better <02896> than my ancestors <01>.”
5He stretched out <07901> and fell asleep <03462> under <08478> the shrub <07574>. All of a sudden an angelic messenger <04397> touched <05060> him and said <0559>, “Get up <06965> and eat <0398>.”
6He looked <05027> and right there by his head <04763> was a cake <05692> baking on hot coals <07529> and a jug <06835> of water <04325>. He ate <0398> and drank <08354> and then slept <07901> some more <07725>.
7The Lord’s <03068> angelic messenger <04397> came back <07725> again <08145>, touched <05060> him, and said <0559>, “Get up <06965> and eat <0398>, for <03588> otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey <01870>.”
8So he got up <06965> and ate <0398> and drank <08354>. That meal <0396> gave him <01931> the strength <03581> to travel <01980> forty <0705> days <03117> and forty <0705> nights <03915> until <05704> he reached Horeb <02722>, the mountain <02022> of God <0430>.
9He went <0935> into <0413> a cave <04631> there <08033> and spent the night <03885>. All of a sudden the Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> him, “Why <04100> are you here <06311>, Elijah <0452>?”
10He answered <0559>, “I have been absolutely loyal <07065> <07065> to the Lord <03069>, the sovereign <06635> God <0430>, even though <03588> the Israelites <03478> <01121> have abandoned <05800> the agreement <01285> they made with you, torn down <02040> your altars <04196>, and killed <02026> your prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>. I <0589> alone <0905> am left <03498> and now they want <01245> to take <03947> my life <05315>.”
11The Lord said <0559>, “Go out <03318> and stand <05975> on the mountain <02022> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. Look <02009>, the Lord <03068> is ready to pass <05674> by.” A very <01419> powerful <02389> wind <07307> went before <06440> the Lord <03068>, digging <06561> into the mountain <02022> and causing landslides <05553> <07665>, but the Lord <03068> was not <03808> in the wind <07307>. After <0310> the windstorm <07307> there was an earthquake <07494>, but the Lord <03068> was not <03808> in the earthquake <07494>.
12After <0310> the earthquake <07494>, there was a fire <0784>, but the Lord <03068> was not <03808> in the fire <0784>. After <0310> the fire <0784>, there was a soft <01851> <01827> whisper <06963>.
13When <01961> Elijah <0452> heard <08085> it, he covered <03874> his face <06440> with his robe <0155> and went out <03318> and stood <05975> at the entrance <06607> to the cave <04631>. All of a sudden a voice <06963> asked <0559> him, “Why <04100> are you here <06311>, Elijah <0452>?”
14He answered <0559>, “I have been absolutely loyal <07065> <07065> to the Lord <03068>, the sovereign <06635> God <0430>, even though <03588> the Israelites <03478> <01121> have abandoned <05800> the agreement <01285> they made with you, torn down <02040> your altars <04196>, and killed your prophets <05030> with the sword <02719>. I <0589> alone <0905> am left <03498> and now they want <01245> to take <03947> my life <05315>.”
15The Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him, “Go <01980> back <07725> the way <01870> you came <0935> and then head for the Desert <04057> of Damascus <01834>. Go and anoint <04886> Hazael <02371> king <04428> over <05921> Syria <0758>.
16You must anoint <04886> <04886> Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Nimshi <05250> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, and Elisha <0477> son <01121> of Shaphat <08202> from Abel Meholah <065> to take your place <08478> as prophet <05030>.
17Jehu <03058> will <01961> kill <04191> anyone who escapes <04422> Hazael’s <02371> sword <02719>, and Elisha <0477> will kill <04191> anyone who escapes <04422> Jehu’s <03058> sword <02719>.
18I still have left <07604> in Israel <03478> seven <07651> thousand <0505> followers who <0834> have not <03808> bowed <03766> their knees <01290> to Baal <01168> or <03808> kissed <05401> the images of him.”
19Elijah went <01980> from there <08033> and found <04672> Elisha <0477> son <01121> of Shaphat <08202>. He was <01931> plowing <02790> with twelve <06240> <08147> pairs <06776> of oxen; he <01931> was near <06440> the twelfth <06240> <08147> pair. Elijah <0452> passed <05674> by <0413> him and threw <07993> his robe <0155> over <0413> him.
20He left <05800> the oxen <01241>, ran <07323> after <0310> Elijah <0452>, and said <0559>, “Please <04994> let me kiss <05401> my father <01> and mother <0517> goodbye, then I will follow <0310> <01980> you.” Elijah said <0559> to him, “Go <01980> back <07725>! Indeed <03588>, what <04100> have I done <06213> to you?”
21Elisha went back <07725> and took <03947> his pair <06776> of oxen <01241> and slaughtered <02076> them. He cooked <01310> the meat <01320> over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. He gave <05414> the people <05971> meat and they ate <0398>. Then he got up <06965> and followed <0310> <01980> Elijah <0452> and became his assistant <08334>.