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 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. 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.
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 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 angel 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. 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 meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
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 seek my life, to take it away. 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 still small voice. 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? 14 And he said, I have been very jealous 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 left; 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 king over Syria: 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. 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 Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
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. 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? 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.
1 nuntiavit autem Ahab Hiezabel omnia quae fecerat Helias
et quomodo occidisset universos prophetas gladio
2 misitque Hiezabel nuntium ad Heliam dicens
haec mihi faciant dii et haec addant
nisi hac hora cras posuero animam tuam sicut animam unius ex illis
3 timuit ergo Helias et surgens abiit quocumque eum ferebat voluntas
venitque in Bersabee Iuda et dimisit ibi puerum suum
4 et perrexit in desertum via unius diei
cumque venisset et sederet subter unam iuniperum
petivit animae suae ut moreretur et ait
sufficit mihi Domine tolle animam meam
neque enim melior sum quam patres mei
5 proiecitque se et obdormivit in umbra iuniperi
et ecce angelus tetigit eum
et dixit illi surge comede
6 respexit et ecce ad caput suum subcinericius panis et vas aquae
comedit ergo et bibit et rursum obdormivit
7 reversusque est angelus Domini secundo et tetigit eum dixitque illi
surge comede grandis enim tibi restat via
8 qui cum surrexisset comedit et bibit
et ambulavit in fortitudine cibi illius
quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus
usque ad montem Dei Horeb
9 cumque venisset illuc mansit in spelunca
et ecce sermo Domini ad eum dixitque illi quid hic agis Helia
10 at ille respondit zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum
quia dereliquerunt pactum Domini filii Israhel
altaria tua destruxerunt et prophetas tuos occiderunt gladio
et derelictus sum ego solus
et quaerunt animam meam ut auferant eam
11 et ait ei egredere et sta in monte coram Domino
et ecce Dominus transit
et spiritus grandis et fortis
subvertens montes et conterens petras ante Dominum
non in spiritu Dominus
et post spiritum commotio non in commotione Dominus
12 et post commotionem ignis non in igne Dominus
et post ignem sibilus aurae tenuis
13 quod cum audisset Helias operuit vultum suum pallio
et egressus stetit in ostio speluncae
et ecce vox ad eum dicens quid agis hic Helia
14 et ille respondit zelo zelatus sum pro Domino Deo exercituum
quia dereliquerunt pactum tuum filii Israhel
altaria tua destruxerunt et prophetas tuos occiderunt gladio
et derelictus sum ego solus
et quaerunt animam meam ut auferant eam
15 et ait Dominus ad eum
vade et revertere in viam tuam per desertum in
Damascum
cumque perveneris ungues Azahel regem super Syriam
16 et Hieu filium Namsi ungues regem super Israhel
Heliseum autem filium Saphat qui est de Abelmaula
ungues prophetam pro te
17 et erit quicumque fugerit gladium Azahel occidet eum Hieu
et qui fugerit gladium Hieu interficiet eum Heliseus
18 et derelinquam mihi in Israhel septem milia
universorum genua quae non sunt incurvata
Baal
et omne os quod non adoravit eum osculans manum
19 profectus ergo inde repperit Heliseum filium Saphat
arantem duodecim iugis boum
et ipse in duodecim arantibus unus erat
cumque venisset Helias ad eum
misit pallium suum super illum
20 qui statim relictis bubus cucurrit post Heliam et ait
osculer oro te patrem meum et matrem meam et sic sequar te
dixitque ei vade et revertere quod enim meum erat feci tibi
21 reversus autem ab eo tulit par boum et mactavit illud
et in aratro boum coxit carnes et dedit populo et comederunt
consurgensque abiit et secutus est Heliam et ministrabat ei