1 Kings 19:14-18

New King James Version

¹⁴^(A)And he said, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.”

¹⁵Then the Lord said to him: “Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; ^(B)and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. ¹⁶Also you shall anoint ^(C)Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And ^(D)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. ¹⁷^(E)It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will ^(F)kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, ^(G)Elisha will kill. ¹⁸^(H)Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, ^(I)and every mouth that has not kissed him.”