1 Kings 19:9-18

Legacy Standard Bible

Elijah at Horeb

⁹ Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, ^(A)the word of Yahweh came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ¹⁰ And he said, “^(B)I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, ^(C)pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And ^(D)I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

¹¹ So He said, “^(E)Go forth and stand on the mountain before Yahweh.” And behold, Yahweh was passing by! And ^(F)a great and strong wind was tearing up the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake. ¹² Then after the earthquake a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire; and after the fire ^(G)a sound of a thin ^[a]gentle whisper. ¹³ Now it happened that when Elijah heard it, ^(H)he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, ^(I)a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ¹⁴ Then he said, “^(J)I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

¹⁵ And Yahweh said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and you will arrive and ^(K)anoint Hazael king over Aram; ¹⁶ and ^(L)Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and ^(M)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. ¹⁷ And it will be that the ^(N)one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu ^(O)shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. ^18 (P)Yet I will leave 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not ^(Q)kissed him.”