1 Kings 19 Geneva Bible (1599)
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1 Now Ahab tolde Iezebel all that Eliiah had done, and how he had slaine all the prophets with the sword.
1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by to morowe this time.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
3 When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.
3 When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
5 And as he lay and slept vnder the iuniper tree, behold now, an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp, and eate.
5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
6 And when he looked about, behold, there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot of water at his head: so he did eate and drinke, and returned and slept.
6 He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
7 And the Angel of the Lord came againe the second time, and touched him, and sayd, Vp, and eate: for thou hast a great iourney.
7 Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
8 Then he arose, and did eate and drinke, and walked in the strength of that meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, vnto Horeb the mount of God.
8 He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
9 And there he entred into a caue, and lodged there: and beholde, the Lord spake to him, and said vnto him, What doest thou here, Eliiah?
9 He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes: for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, broken downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sword, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.
10 He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
11 And he saide, Come out, and stand vpon the mount before the Lord. And beholde, the Lord went by, and a mightie strong winde rent the mountaines, and brake the rockes before the Lord: but the Lord was not in the winde: and after the wind came an earthquake: but the Lord was not in the earthquake:
11 He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.
12 And after the earthquake came fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire came a still and soft voyce.
12 After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a still small voice.
13 And when Eliiah heard it, he couered his face with his mantel, and went out, and stoode in the entring in of ye caue: and behold, there came a voyce vnto him, and sayd, What doest thou here, Eliiah?
13 When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
14 And he answered, I haue bene very ielous for the Lord God of hostes, because the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenant, cast downe thine altars, and slayne thy Prophets with the sworde, and I onely am left, and they seeke my life to take it away.
14 He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
15 And the Lord said vnto him, Goe, returne by the wildernes vnto Damascus, and when thou commest there, anoint Hazael King ouer Aram.
15 Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
16 And Iehu the sonne of Nimshi shalt thou anoynt King ouer Israel: and Elisha the sonne of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou anoynt to be Prophet in thy roume.
16 Anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi to be king over Israel; and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah to be prophet in your place.
17 And him that escapeth from the sworde of Hazael, shall Iehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Iehu, shall Elisha slay.
17 He who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.
18 Yet wil I leaue seuen thousand in Israel, euen all the knees that haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery mouth that hath not kissed him.
18 Yet I reserved seven thousand in Israel, all the knees of which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the sonne of Shaphat who was plowing with twelue yoke of oxen before him, and was with the twelft: and Eliiah went towards him, and cast his mantel vpon him.
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 with the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and put his mantle on him.
20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliiah, and sayde, Let mee, I pray thee, kisse my father and my mother, and then I wil follow thee. Who answered him, Go, returne: for what haue I done to thee?
20 Elisha left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Let me please kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” He said to him, “Go back again; for what have I done to you?”
21 And when he went backe againe from him, he tooke a couple of oxen, and slewe them, and sod their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gaue vnto the people, and they did eate: then he arose and went after Eliiah, and ministred vnto him.
21 He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.
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Elisha
Son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah, found plowing with twelve teams of oxen when Elijah threw his cloak around him, who inherited a double portion of Elijah's spirit, worked many…
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 2:9
Hazael
An Aramean sent by Ben-hadad to Elisha, whom Elisha foretold would be king over Aram; he smothered Ben-hadad, reigned in his place, and defeated Israel throughout its territory.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:15; 2 Kings 8:9; 2 Kings 8:15
Nimshi
Named as the father of Jehoshaphat and so the forefather of Jehu, who is often called 'son of Nimshi'.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 2 Kings 9:2; 2 Kings 9:14
Shaphat
Named as the father of the prophet Elisha, from Abel-meholah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Kings 3:11
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Kings 18:40; 1 Kings 21:25; 1 Kings 21:5–7; 1 Kings 16:31
- 2 Ruth 1:17; 1 Kings 20:10; 2 Kings 6:31; Proverbs 27:1; Exodus 10:28
- 3 Genesis 21:31; Matthew 26:70–74; Matthew 26:56; 2 Corinthians 12:7; Isaiah 51:12–13
- 4 Jonah 4:3; Numbers 11:15; Jonah 4:8; Jeremiah 20:14–18; Philippians 1:21–24
- 5 Psalm 34:7; Acts 12:7; Hebrews 13:5; Genesis 28:11–15; Daniel 10:9–10
- 6 Matthew 4:11; 1 Kings 17:6; John 21:9; Mark 8:2–3; Matthew 6:32
- 7 Psalm 103:13–14; Deuteronomy 33:25
- 8 Deuteronomy 9:18; Exodus 34:28; Exodus 24:18; Exodus 3:1; Matthew 4:2
- 9 Genesis 3:9; 1 Kings 19:13; Jeremiah 2:18; Genesis 16:8; Exodus 33:21–22
- 10 1 Kings 18:4; Exodus 34:14; 1 Kings 18:22; Romans 11:2–4; 1 Kings 18:30
- 11 Ezekiel 1:4; Psalm 50:3; Isaiah 30:30; Job 38:1; Hebrews 12:26
- 12 Job 4:16; Zechariah 4:6; Deuteronomy 4:33; Deuteronomy 4:11–12; Job 33:7
- 13 1 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 6:2; John 21:15–17; Genesis 16:8
- 14 Daniel 11:30; Hosea 6:7; 1 Kings 19:9–10; Deuteronomy 31:20; Isaiah 1:4
- 15 Jeremiah 1:10; Isaiah 45:1; 2 Kings 8:7–15; Genesis 14:15; Amos 1:4
- 16 2 Kings 9:1–14; 2 Kings 2:9; 1 Kings 19:19–21; 2 Kings 2:15; Judges 7:22
- 17 2 Kings 13:22; 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 8:12; Hosea 6:5; 2 Kings 10:32
- 18 Romans 11:4–5; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:20–22; Hosea 13:2; Psalm 2:12
- 19 2 Kings 2:8; 2 Kings 2:13–14; Psalm 78:70–72; 1 Samuel 28:14; 1 Kings 19:13
- 20 Matthew 8:21–22; Luke 9:61–62; Acts 20:37; Matthew 4:20; Matthew 19:27
- 21 2 Samuel 24:22; 2 Timothy 4:11; Philemon 13; Exodus 24:13; Luke 5:28–29
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… Lord [was] not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord [was] not in the earthquake; and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord [was] not in the fire; and after the fire a scarcely audible voice" (vox auræ tenuis). For by such means was the prophet--very indignant, because of the transgression of the people …
Even there, when Elijah said, "O Lord, they have slain Thy prophets, they have digged down Thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life," it was answered that seven thousand men were there who had not bowed the knee to Baal. Chapter 23.--Of the Varying Condition of Both the Hebrew Kingdoms, Until the People of Both …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
And if thou knowest not of them, it is nothing marvellous, since Elias too supposed he was alone, but was told, "I have left unto myself seven thousand men." Whence it is manifest that even now there are many who show forth the apostolical life; like as the "three thousand" then, and the "five thousand." And if we believe not, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
The wounds of man's nature pass our healing. They slew Thy Prophets, and cast down Thine altars.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
To Elias neither the strong wind, nor the fire, nor the earthquake, as you learn from the story, but a light breeze adumbrated the Presence of God, and not even this His Nature.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)