¹And Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and everything about how he had killed all the prophets by the sword. ²Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods do this to me and add to it if at this time tomorrow I don't make your life like one of their lives.” ³Then when he saw the message, he arose and fled for his life, and he arrived in Beersheba, which belongs to Judah. And he left his servant-lad there, ⁴while he went into the desert – a day's journey – and he came and sat under a broom shrub. And he asked for his life to end, and he said, “It is enough now, O Lord. Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” ⁵Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom shrub, and what then happened was that an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” ⁶And he looked, and there was at his head-end a stone-baked cake and a jug of water. And he ate and drank, then he lay down again. ⁷And the angel of the Lord touched him a second time and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise the journey will be too much for you.” ⁸So he got up and ate and drank and proceeded in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. ⁹And he went to the cave there and spent the night there, and what happened was that the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ¹⁰And he said, “I have been extremely zealous for the Lord God of hosts, but the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have demolished your altars, and they have killed your prophets by the sword, and I remain on my own, and they are trying to take my life.” ¹¹And he said, “Go out and stand at the mountain before the Lord.” And what happened next was that the Lord passed by, and a strong and powerful wind chipped away at the mountains and shattered rocks before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earthquake. But the Lord was not in the earthquake. ¹²And after the earthquake came fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a quiet, faint voice. ¹³And it came to pass, when Elijah heard it, that he covered his face with his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave, and what happened was that a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ¹⁴And he said, “I have been extremely zealous for the Lord God of hosts, but the sons of Israel have forsaken your covenant. They have demolished your altars and killed your prophets by the sword, and I remain on my own, and they are trying to take my life.” ¹⁵Then the Lord said to him, “Go and return to your way – to the Desert of Damascus – and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aramaea. ¹⁶And anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel, and anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat from Abel-Meholah as a prophet in your place. ¹⁷And it will happen that Jehu will kill him who escapes from Hazael's sword, and that Elisha will kill him who escapes from Jehu's sword. ¹⁸But I have retained seven thousand in Israel – all the knees which did not bow to Baal, and every mouth which did not kiss him.” ¹⁹So he departed from there, and he found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was ploughing with twelve pairs of oxen in front of him, he being with the twelfth, and Elijah crossed over to him and cast his cloak over him. ²⁰And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you.” Then he said to him, “Go, and come back. For what have I done to you?” ²¹So Elisha went back, leaving him behind, and he took the pair of oxen, and he sacrificed them, and he cooked their meat over the equipment to go with the oxen. And he gave some to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and he served him.

Reference(s) in Chapter 19: v.10 ↔ Romans 11:3 ● v.14 ↔ Romans 11:3 ● v.18 ↔ Romans 11:4.