I Kings 19 · מלכים א

And Aĥ᾽av told Izevel all that Eliyyahu had done, and how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Then Izevel sent a messenger to Eliyyahu, 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 tomorrow about this time.

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Be᾽er-sheva, which belongs to Yehuda, and left his servant there.

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom 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.

And as he lay and slept under a broom tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

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.

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights to Ḥorev the mountain of God.

And he came there to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, What art thou doing here, Eliyyahu?

And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Yisra᾽el have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thy altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And he said, Go out, and stand upon the mountain before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke the rocks in pieces 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:

and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

And when Eliyyahu heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What art thou doing here, Eliyyahu?

And he said, I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Yisra᾽el have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thy altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, alone, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

And the Lord said to him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Dammeseq: and when thou comest, anoint Ḥaza᾽el to be king over Aram:

and Yehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Yisra᾽el: and Elisha the son of Shafat of Avel-meĥola shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy place.

And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Ḥaza᾽el shall Yehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Yehu shall Elisha slay.

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Yisra᾽el, all the knees that have not bowed to the Ba῾al, and every mouth that has not kissed him.

So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shafat, who was ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Eliyyahu passed by him, and cast his mantle on him.

And he left the oxen, and ran after Eliyyahu, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him, Go and come back again: for what have I done to thee?

And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slaughtered them, and boiled their flesh with the equipment of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Eliyyahu, and attended him.