1 Kings 19:4-15

1 Kings 19:4-15

[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 himself  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.  [6] And he looked,  and, behold, there was a cake  baken on the coals,  and a cruse  of water  at his head.  And he did eat  and 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,  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  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.  passed by,  and a great  and strong  wind  rent  the mountains,  and brake in pieces  the rocks  before  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  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  return  on thy way  to the wilderness  of Damascus:  and when thou comest,  anoint  Hazael  to be king  over Syria: