Elijah Flees from Jezebel
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 1Ki 18:401Ki 21:251Ki 21:5-71Ki 16:31 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!” 1Ki 20:102Ki 6:31Rut 1:17Exo 10:28Pro 27:11Ki 2:282Ki 19:10-122Ki 19:27-28
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, Gen 21:31Mat 26:56Mat 26:70-742Co 12:71Ki 4:251Sa 27:1Amo 7:12-13Exo 2:15 while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” Jon 4:3Num 11:15Jon 4:8Jer 20:14-18Php 1:21-241Ki 13:141Ki 19:32Ki 2:11
Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Act 12:7Psa 34:7Dan 10:9-10Dan 8:19Dan 9:21Gen 28:11-15Heb 1:14Heb 13:5
Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. Mat 4:111Ki 17:61Ki 17:9-15Isa 33:16Jhn 21:5Jhn 21:9Mat 6:32Mrk 8:2-3
A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” Psa 103:13-14Deu 33:25
So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, 1 the mountain of God. Deu 9:18Exo 34:28Exo 24:18Exo 3:1Mat 4:22Co 12:9Luk 4:2Mal 4:4-5
The LORD Speaks to Elijah at Horeb
There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” Gen 3:91Ki 19:13Exo 33:21-22Gen 16:8Jer 2:18Heb 11:38Jer 9:2Jon 1:3-4
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” 2 1Ki 18:4Exo 34:141Ki 18:221Ki 18:30Exo 20:5Rom 11:2-4Num 25:11Num 25:13
Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” Ezk 1:4Psa 50:3Isa 30:30Job 38:1Heb 12:26Exo 19:20Exo 34:2Ezk 37:7
And a great and mighty wind tore into the mountains and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind.
After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. Job 4:16Zec 4:6Deu 4:33Deu 4:11-12Exo 34:6Job 33:7Exo 3:2Gen 15:17
And after the fire came a still, small voice. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1Ki 19:91Ki 18:42Exo 33:23Gen 16:8Isa 6:2Isa 6:5Jhn 21:15-17Exo 3:5-6
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” 1Ki 19:9-10Dan 11:30Deu 29:25Deu 31:20Heb 8:9Hos 6:7Isa 1:4Isa 62:1
Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram. Isa 45:1Jer 1:102Ki 8:7-152Ki 8:282Ki 9:14Amo 1:4Gen 14:15Jer 27:2-22 You are also to anoint Jehu son 3of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet. 1Ki 19:19-212Ki 2:92Ki 9:1-142Ki 2:151Ki 4:12Jdg 7:22Luk 4:27
Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu. 2Ki 13:222Ki 13:32Ki 8:122Ki 10:32Hos 6:52Ki 2:23-242Ki 9:14Amo 2:14
Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal 4and whose mouths have not kissed him.” Rom 11:4-5Isa 1:9Isa 10:20-22Hos 13:2Php 2:10Psa 2:12Exo 20:5Job 31:27
The Call of Elisha
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. 2Ki 2:82Ki 2:13-141Sa 28:14Psa 78:70-721Ki 19:13Exo 3:1Jdg 6:11Mat 4:18-19
So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” Luk 9:61-62Mat 8:21-22Act 20:37Mat 19:27Mat 4:20Mat 4:22Mat 9:9
“Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”
So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. With the oxen’s equipment, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah. 2Sa 24:222Ti 4:11Exo 24:13Luk 5:28-29Phm 1:131Ki 18:432Ki 2:32Ki 3:11