1 Kings 18:41-19:4

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The Lord Sends Rain

⁴¹ And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.” ⁴² So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. ^(A)And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. ⁴³ And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go again,” seven times. ⁴⁴ And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, ^(B)a little cloud like a man's hand is rising from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’” ⁴⁵ And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to ^(C)Jezreel. ^46 (D)And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, ^(E)and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of ^(F)Jezreel.

Elijah Flees Jezebel

19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how ^(G)he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ² Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, ^(H)“So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” ³ Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to ^(I)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

⁴ But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. ^(J)And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”