46AND [THE] HAND OF YAHWEH IT WAS TO ELIJAH AND HE GIRDED UP LOINS HIS AND HE RAN <TO> BEFORE AHAB UNTIL COMING YOU JEZREEL TOWARDS 46And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt*NoteCloseHebrew he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
1AND HE TOLD AHAB TO JEZEBEL <OBJ.> ALL THAT HE HAD DONE ELIJAH AND <OBJ.> ALL THAT HE HAD KILLED <OBJ.> ALL THE PROPHETS WITH THE SWORD Elijah Flees from Jezebel 1Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2AND SHE SENT JEZEBEL A MESSENGER TO ELIJAH <TO> SAYING THUS MAY THEY DO! [THE] GODS AND THUS MAY THEY ADD! IF ABOUT <THE> THIS TIME TOMORROW I WILL MAKE <OBJ.> LIFE YOUR LIKE [THE] LIFE OF ONE FROM THEM 2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed
3AND HE SAW AND HE AROSE AND HE WENT TO LIFE HIS AND HE CAME BEER SHEBA WHICH [BELONGS] TO JUDAH AND HE LEFT <OBJ.> SERVANT HIS THERE 3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
4AND HE HE WENT IN THE WILDERNESS A JOURNEY OF A DAY AND HE CAME AND HE SAT UNDER A BROOM PLANT ONE AND HE ASKED <OBJ.> SELF HIS TO DIE AND HE SAID ENOUGH NOW O YAHWEH TAKE LIFE MY FOR NOT [AM] GOOD I MORE THAN ANCESTORS MY 4while he himself went 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.”
5AND HE LAY DOWN AND HE SLEPT UNDER A BROOM PLANT ONE AND THERE! THIS AN ANGEL [WAS] TOUCHING <IN> HIM AND HE SAID TO HIM ARISE EAT 5Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said “Get up and eat.”
6AND HE LOOKED AND THERE! [WAS] [THE] PLACE OF HEAD HIS A BREAD CAKE OF HOT COALS AND A JUG OF WATER AND HE ATE AND HE DRANK AND HE RETURNED AND HE LAY DOWN 6And 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.
7AND HE RETURNED [THE] ANGEL OF YAHWEH A SECOND [TIME] AND HE TOUCHED <IN> HIM AND HE SAID ARISE EAT FOR [IS TOO] GREAT FOR YOU THE JOURNEY 7A 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.”
8AND HE AROSE AND HE ATE AND HE DRANK AND HE WENT IN [THE] STRENGTH OF THE FOOD <THE> THAT FORTY DAY[S] AND FORTY NIGHT[S] TO [THE] MOUNTAIN OF <THE> GOD HOREB 8So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,*NoteCloseThat is, Mount Sinai, or possibly a mountain in the range containing Mount Sinai the mountain of God.
9AND HE WENT THERE INTO THE CAVE AND HE SPENT [THE] NIGHT THERE AND THERE! [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH [WAS] TO HIM AND HE SAID TO HIM WHAT? [IS] TO YOU HERE O ELIJAH The LORD Speaks to Elijah at Horeb 9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10AND HE SAID CERTAINLY <TO BE ZEALOUS> I HAVE BEEN ZEALOUS FOR YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF HOSTS FOR THEY HAVE FORSAKEN COVENANT YOUR [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL <OBJ.> ALTARS YOUR THEY HAVE TORN DOWN AND <OBJ.> PROPHETS YOUR THEY HAVE KILLED WITH THE SWORD AND I AM LEFT I TO ALONE ME AND THEY HAVE SOUGHT <OBJ.> LIFE MY TO TAKE AWAY IT 10“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.”*NoteCloseCited in Romans 11:3; here and in verse 14
11AND HE SAID GO OUT AND YOU WILL STAND ON THE MOUNTAIN <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH AND THERE! YAHWEH [WAS] PASSING BY AND A WIND GREAT AND STRONG [WAS] TEARING MOUNTAINS AND BREAKING ROCKS <TO> BEFORE YAHWEH NOT [WAS] IN THE WIND YAHWEH AND [WAS] AFTER THE WIND AN EARTHQUAKE NOT [WAS] IN THE EARTHQUAKE YAHWEH 11Then 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.
12AND [WAS] AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A FIRE NOT [WAS] IN THE FIRE YAHWEH AND [WAS] AFTER THE FIRE A SOUND OF A WHISPER SOFT 12After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.
13AND IT WAS WHEN HEARD ELIJAH AND HE WRAPPED FACE HIS IN CLOAK HIS AND HE WENT OUT AND HE STOOD [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE CAVE AND THERE! [WAS] TO HIM A VOICE AND IT SAID WHAT? [IS] TO YOU HERE O ELIJAH 13When 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?”
14AND HE SAID CERTAINLY <TO BE ZEALOUS> I HAVE BEEN ZEALOUS FOR YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF HOSTS FOR THEY HAVE FORSAKEN COVENANT YOUR [THE] PEOPLE OF ISRAEL <OBJ.> ALTARS YOUR THEY HAVE TORN DOWN AND <OBJ.> PROPHETS YOUR THEY HAVE KILLED WITH THE SWORD AND I AM LEFT I TO ALONE ME AND THEY HAVE SOUGHT <OBJ.> LIFE MY TO TAKE AWAY IT 14“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.”
15AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO HIM GO GO BACK TO WAY YOUR [THE] WILDERNESS OF TOWARDS DAMASCUS AND YOU WILL GO AND YOU WILL ANOINT <OBJ.> HAZAEL TO KING OVER ARAM 15Then 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.
16AND <OBJ.> JEHU [THE] SON OF NIMSHI YOU WILL ANOINT TO KING OVER ISRAEL AND <OBJ.> ELISHA [THE] SON OF SHAPHAT FROM ABEL MEHOLAH YOU WILL ANOINT TO PROPHET IN PLACE OF YOU 16You are also to anoint Jehu son*NoteCloseOr grandson; see 2 Kings 9:14. of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.
17AND IT WILL BE THE [ONE WHO] ESCAPES FROM [THE] SWORD OF HAZAEL HE WILL PUT TO DEATH JEHU AND THE [ONE WHO] ESCAPES FROM [THE] SWORD OF JEHU HE WILL PUT TO DEATH ELISHA 17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.
18AND I WILL LEAVE AMONG ISRAEL SEVEN THOUSAND<S> ALL THE KNEES WHICH NOT THEY HAVE BOWED DOWN TO <THE> BAAL AND EVERY <THE> MOUTH WHICH NOT IT HAS KISSED <TO> IT 18Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel— all whose knees have not bowed to Baal*NoteCloseCited in Romans 11:4 and whose mouths have not kissed him.”
19AND HE WENT FROM THERE AND HE FOUND <OBJ.> ELISHA [THE] SON OF SHAPHAT AND HE [WAS] PLOWING TWO [PLUS] TEN PAIRS [WERE] <TO> BEFORE HIM AND HE [WAS] WITH TWO [PLUS] THE TEN AND HE PASSED ON ELIJAH TO HIM AND HE THREW CLOAK HIS TO HIM The Call of Elisha 19So 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.
20AND HE LEFT <OBJ.> THE OX[EN] AND HE RAN AFTER ELIJAH AND HE SAID I WANT TO KISS PLEASE <TO> FATHER MY AND <TO> MOTHER MY AND I WILL GO AFTER YOU AND HE SAID TO HIM GO TURN BACK FOR WHAT? HAVE I DONE TO YOU 20So 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?”
21AND HE TURNED BACK FROM AFTER HIM AND HE TOOK <OBJ.> [THE] PAIR OF THE OX[EN] AND HE SACRIFICED IT AND WITH [THE] EQUIPMENT OF THE OX[EN] HE COOKED THEM THE FLESH AND HE GAVE [IT] TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY ATE AND HE AROSE AND HE WENT AFTER ELIJAH AND HE SERVED HIM 21So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.