1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.stylus1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 18:40, 1 Kings 21:5, 1 Kings 21:7, 1 Kings 21:252So 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!”stylus2 Kings 6:31, 1 Kings 20:10, Ruth 1:17, 2 Kings 6:31, 1 Kings 20:103And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,stylusGenesis 21:31, Genesis 21:31, Matthew 26:56, Matthew 26:70, Matthew 26:744while 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.”stylusJonah 4:3, Jonah 4:3, Numbers 11:15, Numbers 11:15, Jonah 4:85Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”stylusHebrews 13:5, Hebrews 13:5, Daniel 9:21, Psalms 34:10, Acts 12:76And 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.stylusMatthew 4:11, 1 Kings 17:6, Matthew 4:11, 1 Kings 17:6, Isaiah 33:167A 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.”stylusPsalms 103:13, Psalms 103:14, Psalms 103:13, Psalms 103:14, Deuteronomy 33:258So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.stylusExodus 34:28, Exodus 34:28, Exodus 3:1, Matthew 4:2, Deuteronomy 9:189There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”stylus1 Kings 19:13, 1 Kings 19:13, Jeremiah 2:18, Genesis 16:8, Exodus 33:2110“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.”stylus1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:22, Exodus 34:14, Exodus 20:511Then the LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD. Behold, the LORD is about to pass by.” 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.stylusEzekiel 1:4, Ezekiel 1:4, Psalms 50:3, Psalms 50:3, Job 38:112After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.stylusJob 4:16, Job 4:16, Zechariah 4:6, Zechariah 4:6, Deuteronomy 4:3313When 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?”stylus1 Kings 19:9, 1 Kings 19:9, Exodus 33:23, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 6:214“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.”stylusDeuteronomy 29:25, Psalms 78:37, Hosea 6:7, Deuteronomy 31:20, Isaiah 62:115Then 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.stylusIsaiah 45:1, Jeremiah 1:10, Isaiah 45:1, Jeremiah 1:10, 2 Kings 8:716You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.stylus2 Kings 9:1, 2 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 19:19, 1 Kings 19:21, 2 Kings 9:117Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.stylus2 Kings 13:22, 2 Kings 13:3, 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Kings 13:22, 2 Kings 13:318Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”stylusRomans 11:4, Romans 11:5, Romans 11:4, Romans 11:5, Isaiah 1:919So 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.stylus2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:13, 2 Kings 2:14, 2 Kings 2:1320So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?”stylusMatthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:6121So 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.stylus2 Samuel 24:22, 2 Samuel 24:22, Luke 5:28, Luke 5:29, Exodus 24:13
