1 Kings 18:41-19:8

New American Standard Bible

⁴¹ Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” ⁴² So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of ^(A)Carmel; and he ^(B)bent down to the earth and put his face between his knees. ⁴³ And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, but he said, “There is nothing.” Yet Elijah said, “Go back” seven times. ⁴⁴ And when he returned the seventh time, he said, “Behold, ^(C)a cloud as small as a person’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And Elijah said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Harness your chariot horses and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.’” ⁴⁵ Meanwhile the sky became dark with clouds and wind came up, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to ^(D)Jezreel. ⁴⁶ Then ^(E)the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and ^(F)he ^[a]belted his cloak around his waist and ^[b]outran Ahab ^[c]to Jezreel.

Elijah Flees from Jezebel

19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done, and ^[d](G)how 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 so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your ^[e]life like the ^[f]life of one of them.” ³ And he ^[g]was afraid, and got up and ran for his ^[h]life and came to ^(I)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and he 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; and ^(J)he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my ^[i]life, for I am no better than my fathers.” ⁵ Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was ^(K)an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat!” ⁶ And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. ⁷ But the angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him, and said, “Arise, eat; because the journey is too long for you.” ⁸ So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for ^(L)forty days and forty nights to ^(M)Horeb, the mountain of God.