1 Kings 19:8-18 (New International Version)

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8 So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty¹ days and forty nights until he reached Horeb,² the mountain of God.

The LORD Appears to Elijah

9 There he went into a cave³ and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: "What are you doing here, Elijah?"⁴ 10 He replied, "I have been very zealous⁵ for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant,⁶ broken down your altars,⁷ and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,⁸ and now they are trying to kill me too." 11 The LORD said, "Go out and stand on the mountain⁹ in the presence of the Lord, for the LORD is about to pass by."¹⁰ Then a great and powerful wind¹¹ tore the mountains apart and shattered¹² the rocks before the Lord, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire,¹³ but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.¹⁴ 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face¹⁵ and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 14 He replied, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,¹⁶ and now they are trying to kill me too." 15 The LORD said to him, "Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael¹⁷ king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint¹⁸ Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha¹⁹ son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah²⁰ to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael,²¹ and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu.²² 18 Yet I reserve²³ seven thousand in Israel--all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed²⁴ him."

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1. 1 Kings 19:8 - Ex 24:18; 34:28; Dt 9:9-11,18; Mt 4:2

2. 1 Kings 19:8 - S Ex 3:1

3. 1 Kings 19:9 - S Ex 33:22

4. 1 Kings 19:9 - S Ge 3:9

5. 1 Kings 19:10 - S Nu 25:13; Ac 22:3; Gal 4:18

6. 1 Kings 19:10 - S Dt 31:16

7. 1 Kings 19:10 - 1Ki 18:30

8. 1 Kings 19:10 - 1Ki 18:4,22; Jer 5:11; 9:2; Ro 11:3*

9. 1 Kings 19:11 - Ex 34:2; Mt 17:1-3; Ex 24:12

10. 1 Kings 19:11 - Ex 33:19

11. 1 Kings 19:11 - S Ex 14:21; S 2Ki 2:1; Eze 1:4; 37:7

12. 1 Kings 19:11 - Na 1:6

13. 1 Kings 19:12 - S Ex 3:2

14. 1 Kings 19:12 - ver 11; S 1Sa 14:6; Job 4:16; Zec 4:6; 2Co 12:9

15. 1 Kings 19:13 - ver 9; Ex 3:6

16. 1 Kings 19:14 - ver 10; 1Ki 18:22; Ro 11:3*

17. 1 Kings 19:15 - 2Ki 8:7-15

18. 1 Kings 19:16 - 2Ki 9:1-3,6

19. 1 Kings 19:16 - ver 21; 2Ki 2:1; 3:11; 2Ki 2:9,15

20. 1 Kings 19:16 - S Jdg 7:22

21. 1 Kings 19:17 - 2Ki 8:12,29; 9:14; 10:32; 12:17; 13:3,7,22; Am 1:4

22. 1 Kings 19:17 - Jer 48:44

23. 1 Kings 19:18 - Ro 11:4*

24. 1 Kings 19:18 - Hos 13:2

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