1 Kings 19 (NET)

1 Kings 19:1¹Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:401 Kgs 21:251 Kgs 21:5-71 Kgs 16:31

1 Kings 19:2²Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, “May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:102 Kgs 6:31Ruth 1:17Dan 3:15Exod 10:281 Kgs 2:282 Kgs 19:10-122 Kgs 19:27-28Prov 27:1Acts 12:4-6

1 Kings 19:3³Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 21:31Matt 26:56Matt 26:70-742 Cor 12:71 Kgs 4:251 Sam 27:1Amos 7:12-13Gen 12:12-13Isa 51:12-13

1 Kings 19:4⁴while he went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jonah 4:3Num 11:15Jonah 4:8Jer 20:14-18Phil 1:21-241 Kgs 13:141 Kgs 19:32 Kgs 2:11Amos 6:2Gen 21:15-16

1 Kings 19:5⁵He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. Suddenly an angelic messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 12:7Heb 13:5Ps 34:7Dan 10:9-10Dan 8:19Dan 9:21Gen 28:11-15Heb 1:14Ps 34:10

1 Kings 19:6⁶He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:6Matt 4:111 Kgs 17:9-15Isa 33:16John 21:5John 21:9Mark 8:2-3Matt 6:32Ps 37:3

1 Kings 19:7⁷The angel of the Lord came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 19:8⁸So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 9:18Exod 34:28Exod 24:18Exod 3:1Matt 4:22 Cor 12:9Luke 4:2Mark 1:13Dan 1:15Deut 9:9-11

1 Kings 19:9⁹He went into a cave there and spent the night. Suddenly the Lord’ s message came to him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 3:91 Kgs 19:13Exod 33:21-22Gen 16:8Jer 2:18Heb 11:38Jer 9:2Jonah 1:3-4

1 Kings 19:10¹⁰He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, even though the Israelites have abandoned the covenant they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:4Exod 34:141 Kgs 18:221 Kgs 18:30Exod 20:5Rom 11:2-4Num 25:11Num 25:131 Kgs 18:101 Kgs 18:17

1 Kings 19:11¹¹The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by.” A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 1:4Ps 50:3Isa 30:30Job 38:1Heb 12:26Exod 19:20Exod 34:2Ezek 37:7Heb 12:18-21Ps 68:8

1 Kings 19:12¹²After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 4:16Zech 4:6Deut 4:33Deut 4:11-12Exod 34:6Job 33:7Exod 3:2Gen 15:17Acts 2:2Heb 12:29

1 Kings 19:13¹³When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. Suddenly a voice asked him, “Why are you here, Elijah?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:91 Kgs 18:42Exod 33:23Gen 16:8Isa 6:2Isa 6:5John 21:15-17Exod 3:5-6

1 Kings 19:14¹⁴He answered, “I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, even though the Israelites have abandoned the covenant they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:9-10Dan 11:30Deut 29:25Deut 31:20Heb 8:9Hos 6:7Isa 1:4Isa 62:1Isa 62:6-7Jer 22:9

1 Kings 19:15¹⁵The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came and then head for the wilderness of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 45:1Jer 1:102 Kgs 8:7-152 Kgs 8:282 Kgs 9:14Amos 1:4Gen 14:15Jer 27:2-22Acts 9:2-3

1 Kings 19:16¹⁶You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:19-212 Kgs 9:1-142 Kgs 2:152 Kgs 2:91 Kgs 4:12Judg 7:22Luke 4:27

1 Kings 19:17¹⁷Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael’s sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu’s sword.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 13:222 Kgs 13:32 Kgs 8:122 Kgs 10:32Hos 6:52 Kgs 2:23-242 Kgs 9:14-10:25Amos 2:14Amos 5:19Isa 11:4

1 Kings 19:18¹⁸I still have left in Israel 7,000 followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 11:4-5Isa 1:9Isa 10:20-22Hos 13:2Phil 2:10Ps 2:12Exod 20:5Job 31:27Rom 14:10-12Isa 49:23

1 Kings 19:19¹⁹Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 2:82 Kgs 2:13-141 Sam 28:14Ps 78:70-721 Kgs 19:13Exod 3:1Judg 6:11Matt 4:18-19Zech 13:5Amos 7:14

1 Kings 19:20²⁰He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you.” Elijah said to him, “Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:61-62Matt 8:21-22Acts 20:37Matt 19:27Matt 4:20Matt 4:22Matt 9:9

1 Kings 19:21²¹Elisha went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 24:222 Tim 4:11Exod 24:13Luke 5:28-29Phlm 1:131 Kgs 18:432 Kgs 2:32 Kgs 3:11Acts 13:5Num 27:18-20