^3 (A)“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.”

¹⁰ He said, “I have been very ^(A)jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^(B)thrown down your altars, and ^(C)killed your prophets with the sword, ^(D)and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” ¹¹ And he said, “Go out and ^(E)stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and ^(F)a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind ^(G)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 the sound of a low whisper.^{[a] 13} And when Elijah heard it, ^(H)he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, ^(I)there came a voice to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” ¹⁴ He said, ^(J)“I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^(K)thrown down your altars, and killed your 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 to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. ^16 (L)And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and ^(M)Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. ¹⁷ And the one who escapes from ^(N)the sword of Hazael ^(O)shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu ^(P)shall Elisha put to death. ^18 (Q)Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not ^(R)kissed him.”

⁴ and ^(A)when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)

^26 (A)“Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against you ^(B)and cast your law behind their back ^(C)and killed your prophets, who ^(D)had warned them in order to turn them back to you, ^(E)and they committed great blasphemies.

³⁰ Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been ^(A)thrown down. ³¹ Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, ^(B)“Israel shall be your name,”

¹³ Has it not been told my lord what I did ^(A)when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water?