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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 19
Jezebel seeks the life of Elijah—An angel sends him to
Horeb—The Lord speaks to Elijah, not in the wind, nor the
earthquake, nor the fire, but in a still voice—Elisha joins Elijah.
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1 AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying,
So let the agods 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.
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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4 ¶ But he himself went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a ajuniper tree:
and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now,
O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree,
behold, then an aangel touched him, and said unto him,
Arise and eat.
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.
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7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in
the strength of that ameat bforty days
and forty nights unto cHoreb the dmount
of God.
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9 ¶ And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the
LORD God 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 aseek my life, to
take it away.
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11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake 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:
12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the
LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a
astill small bvoice.
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?
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14 And he said, I have been very
ajealous for the LORD God 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
bleft; and they seek my life, to take it away.
15 And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way
to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to
be aking over Syria:
16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou
aanoint to be king over Israel: and
bElisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou
canoint to be prophet in thy room.
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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.
18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in
Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto
Baala, and every mouth which hath
not kissed him.
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18a Yet I have left me seven
thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal
Sometimes the 'popular course' of the world seems so strong and prevailent
that one might presume that there is no people of righteousness left within
it. This is not the case. It seems to be the wicked who flaunt and declare
the word of Lucifer in the liberal media to such an extent that it causes
those who walk in the way of God to seem insignificant and even of no
consequence in the world any longer. This is not the case. Many there are who
still cling to the word and ways of God. And though the popular media air ways
is not filled with their works, examples, deeds and ways, this does not make
them the lesser for walking in the ways of the LORD. Fear not, you are not
alone in your righteousness though such as the news media and even the
political leads may declare and pretend it differently. Hold the course,
chose the right and walk in the ways of God even against and in the midst of
such as a wicked world.
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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
amantle upon him.
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 afollow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again:
for what have I done to thee?
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.
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