ThenJezebelsent a messengeruntoElijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and morealso, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrowaboutthistime.
But he himselfwent a day’sjourneyinto the wilderness, and came and sat downunder a junipertree: and he requested for himselfthat he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, takeaway my life; for I am not betterthan my fathers.
And he said, I havebeenveryjealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israelhaveforsaken thy covenant, throwndownthinealtars, and slain thy prophetswith the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and theyseek my life, to take it away.
And he said, Go forth, and standupon the mountbefore the LORD. And, behold, the LORDpassed by, and a great and strongwindrent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocksbefore 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 it was so, whenElijahheard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, therecame a voiceunto him, and said, Whatdoestthouhere, Elijah?
And he said, I havebeenveryjealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israelhaveforsaken thy covenant, throwndownthinealtars, and slain thy prophetswith the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and theyseek my life, to take it away.
So he departedthence, and foundElisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowingwithtwelveyoke of oxenbefore him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijahpassed by him, and cast his mantleupon him.
And he left the oxen, and ran afterElijah, and said, Let me, I praythee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I willfollowthee. And he saidunto him, Go backagain: for whathave I done to thee?
And he returnedbackfrom him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slewthem, and boiledtheirfleshwith the instruments of the oxen, and gaveunto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and wentafterElijah, and ministeredunto him.