Jeroboam threatened.

sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? For I am sent to thee with Sheavy tidings.

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

8 And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee; and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;

9 But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke m me to anger, and hast cast" me behind thy back;

10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away then remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

12 Arise thou, therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die.

13 And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

14 Moreover, the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

15 For the LORD shall smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall roote up Israel out of this good land which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.

16 Ånd he shall give Israel up, cause of the sins of Jeroboam, who sin, and who made Israel to sin.

be

did

17 And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah; and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died;

18 And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.

19 And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jeru salem, the city? which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the

21.24.

15.6.

22.

16.

16.2.

&c.

Rehoboam's disgrace and death. LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done:

23 For they also built them high places, and 7 images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.

24 And there were also sodomites in the land; and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

25 And it came to pass, in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem :

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold' which Solomon had made.

27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.

28 And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.

29 Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ?

30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

31 And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. And Abijam" his son reigned in his stead. CHAPTER XV.

Now w w in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam_the son of Nebat, reigned Abijam over Judah.

2 Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. Andy his mother's name was Maachah, daughter of Abishalom.

the

3 And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.

4 Nevertheless, for David's sake, did the LORD his God give him a Slamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:

5 Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

6 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.

9 And in the twentieth year of Jerobo am king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

2 Ch. 14. 1, &c. 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. 12 And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Asa's excellencies and defects.

she had made an idol in a grove: Asa B destroyed her idol, and burnt by the brook Kidron.

and it

14 But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.

15 And he brought in the Y things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 17 And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,

19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

δ

20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan," and Abelbeth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah.

chap. 15.21. Sfree. y verse 1.

a Jos. 21.17.

Jos. 18. 26.

c verse 13.

22 Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempt-Ex. 20. 5. Š ed; and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded: and king Asa built with them Geba" of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphathis son reigned in his stead.

25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years.

26 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

d ch. 15. 27..

29.

e2Ch. 16. 12. 2 Ki. 9. 31. 2 Ch. 17.1,

&c. Mat. 1. 8.

called Jo-
saphat.

i Na. 1. 10. n which was

over.

O reigned.

*1 Sa. 25. 22. kor, both his kinsmen and his friends. chap. 14.14. chap.16.15.

27 And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him atm Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; (for Na-n dab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon ;) 28 Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.

Jos. 21. 23.

verse 3.
by the hand

of.
chap. 15.30.

r De. 32. 21.

1 Sa. 12. 21.

Is. 41. 29.
Jon. 2. 8.
Ro.1.21..23
1 Co. 8. 4.

29 And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: 10. 19. 30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam 9 ch.14.9..16. which he sinned, and which he made Is

Zimri's treason.

rael sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. 31 Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

32 And there was war between Asa

and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

33 In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.

34 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sink wherewith he made Israel to sin. CHAPTER XVI.

THEN the word of the LORD came to Jehu' the son of Hanani, against Baasha," saying,

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way? of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written" in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.

2

7 And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, inc provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed him.

8 In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

9 And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Tirzah.

10 And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned

in his stead.

11 And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spaken against Baasha A by Jehu the prophet,

13 For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities."

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven

Zimri's death. Ahab's wickedness.

days in Tirzah." And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.

16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.

17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.

18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,

19 For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ?

21 Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.

22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.

23 In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri" to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, & Samaria.

δ

25 But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him.

26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities."

27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.

29 And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah, began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel, in Samaria, twenty and two years.

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above" all that were before him.

a verse 8.

chap. 15.27. c Jos. 6. 26. Mat. 24. 35. B Elijahu,

Lu. 1. 17.
4. 25.

he is called

Elias.

d 2 Ki. 3. 14. e De. 10. 8.

Lu. 4. 25.

Ja. 5. 17.
2 Sa. 17.23.

Ps. 9. 16.

chap. 12.28. 15. 26, 34.

i Is. 43. 20. k Ps. 37. 3,19. Is. 33. 16.

y

Hab. 3. 17,
18.

Mat 6. 31..

33. Lu. 22. 35. He. 13. 5, 6. ? Pr. 28. 2.

Is. 9.19..21.

19.2.

Mat. 12. 25.

at the end of

days.

m Ob. 20. Lu. 4. 26. called Sa

repta.

n 2 Ch.22.2. & Shomeron.

Elijah fed by ravens.

up the gates thereof in his youngest son Se-
gub, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.
CHAPTER XVII.
AND 8 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of
the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab,
Asd the LORD God of Israel liveth, be-
fore whom I stand, there shall not be
dew nor rain these years, but according
to my word.

2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

So he went, and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and he drank of the brook. 7 And it came to pass, Yafter a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath," which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

10 So he arose, and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there ga

chap. 13.32. thering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

2 Ki. 17. 24. John 4. 4.

Ac. 8. 5..8.

Mi. 6. 16.

g verse 19.

verse 13.

Ac. 14. 15. $ Ge. 21. 16. Je. 14. 18. La. 4. 9.

t Pr. 3. 9, 10. Mar. 9. 41.

He. 6. 10.

giveth.

nor, a full

year.

u verse 33. O was it a

light thing?

Eze. 8. 17. 16. 47. K by the hand

of. wĎe. 7. 3.

Jos. 23. 12, 13.

* Ju. 18. 7.

26.

2 Ki. 10. 18,

&c.

17. 16.

* Lu. 5. 8.

2 Ki. 13. 6.

17.10.

Je. 17. 1, 2.

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go, and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first,t and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

15 And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat ʼn many days.

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

17 And it came to pass, after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

18 And she said unto Elijah, What have 21. 3. I to do with thee, O thou man of God? Job 13. 23, art thou come unto me to call my sin 26. to remembrance, and to slay my son ? Eze. 21. 23, 19 And he said unto her, Give me thy 24. son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft where he chap.21.25. abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said,

c verse 30.

Elijah's interview with Obadiah.

O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into Y him again.

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought

him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth!

24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

y his inward parts. chap.21.20. d2 Ch. 15. 2.

1 Sa. 15. 12.

2 Ki. 2. 25.

He. 11. 35. chap. 16.33. John 3. 2. 16. 30. chap. 22. 6.

k2 Ki. 17. 41. Mat. 6. 24.

I chap. 17. 1.

CHAPTER XVIII. AND it came to pass, after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Eli&or, thoughts. jah in the third year, saying, Go, shew Jos. 24.15. thyself unto Ahab; and" I will send rain upon the earth.

2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared? the LORD greatly:

For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

6 So they divided the land between them, to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

7 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

8 And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

n De. 28. 12. Ps. 147. 8. Je. 5. 24. 14. 22.

Ho.2.21,22. a ch. 19. 10, 14. Obadiahu. nover his house.

» Ne. 7. 2. Izebel. a Ne. 5. 15. Ps. 34.9, 10.

Is. 33. 16. $1 Ch. 21. 26. 2 Ch.7.1, 3. K The word is good.

Trial of the false prophets.

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou and thy father's house, in that ye have forsakend the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. 19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and

the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.

20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

δ

ourselves from the beasts.

μor, answer. t Ps. 115.5..8.

Je. 10. 5.

1 Co. 12. 2. vor, heard. oг, up and

down at the
altar.

p with a great

voice.

" Is. 41. 23. oor, medita

teth.

Thath a pur

10 As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. 11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy they poured lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

suit.

v Le. 19. 28.

out blood

upon them.

Eze. 3. 12,

12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of x ascending. the LORD shall carry thee whither I w 2 Ki. 2. 16. know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.

13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed a them with bread and water?

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.

15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.

14. Mat. 4. 1. Ac. 8. 39.

attention. Pr. 8. 13.

Ec. 7. 18. Is. 50. 10. y Ge. 32. 28. Mat. 10. 41, 42

a Mat. 25. 35. 6 Mat. 10. 28. Is. 51. 7, 8. d Le. 1. 6..8.

26 And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal," hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that vanswered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry ℗ aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.

28 And they cried aloud, and cut themselves, after their manner, with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

29 And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the x offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded.

30 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down.

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name:

32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed.

33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with

water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood.

34 And he said, Do it the second time: and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time: and they did it the third time.

35 And the water Bran round about the altar; and he filled the trench" also with water.

B. C. 906.

Bwent.
a ver. 32, 38.
Ex. 34. 28.
De. 9. 9, 18.
Mat. 4. 2.

e

c Ex. 3. 1. Mal. 4. 4, 5. Ex. 3. 6. chap. 8. 43. 2 Ki. 19. 19. Ps. 83. 18. Eze. 36. 23. 39.7. Nu. 16. 28. Ro. 11. 2..4. Nu.25.11,13

Ps. 69. 9.

ich. 18. 4, 20. Mi. 7. 2.

Le. 9. 24.

Ju. 6. 21.

1 Ch. 21. 26.

2 Ch. 7. 1.

Ex. 24. 12.

m Eze. 1. 4. n verse 24.

Zec. 4. 6. y or, Appre

hend.

18. 20.

And

43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. he said, Go again seven times. 44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah: and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab n to the entrance of Jezreel. CHAPTER XIX.

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, Sod 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 Ahimself 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.

2 Ki. 10. 25. Ex. 3. 6.

Is. 6. 2.

or, a noise. r Ja. 5.17, 18.

& ver. 9, 10.

t Je. 22. 9. stie, or, bind.

u 2 Ki.8.12,13.

v2 Ki.9.1..3.

w Lu. 4. 27, called Eli

seus.

x 2 Ki.9.14,&c 10. 6,&c 13. 3.

v2 Ki. 4. 29.

9. 1.
Job 38. 3.
Je. 1. 17.
Ep. 6. 14.
1 Pe. 1. 13.

n till thou

come to.

z Ho. 6. 5. a Ro. 11. 4.

or,

will leave.

chap. 18.40.

c Ho. 13. 2.

a chap. 20.10.

Ru. 1. 17.

2 Ki. 6. 31.

The call of Elisha.

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 Elishaw 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 ePs.37.32,33. Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss Mat.8.21,22 my father and my mother, and then I will Lu.9.61,62. follow thee. And he said unto him, * Go Go, return. back again: for what have I done to thee? λhis life. 21 And he returned back from him, and 9 Nu. 11. 15. took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and Jon. 4. 3, 8. boiled their flesh with the instruments of Ps. 39. 12. the oxen, and gave unto the people, and i2 Sa. 24. 22. they did eat: then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. CHAPTER XX.

* He. 1. 14.

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