5
And as he lay and slept under a juniper
tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him, Arise
and eat.
6
Then he looked and behold,
there was a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank and went back to sleep.
7
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time and touched him and said, Arise
and eat, for there is a great journey before thee.
8
And he arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb, the mount of God.
9
And there he went into a cave, where he lodged; and the word of the LORD
came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10
And he replied, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of the hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left, and they seek me to take my life.
11
And he said, Go forth and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD,
but the LORD
was not in the wind. And after the wind 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, a still small voice,
13
Which when Elijah heard
it, he covered his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the door of the cave. And, behold,
there came a voice unto him, saying, What doest thou here, Elijah?
14
And he replied, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of the hosts because the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I,
even I only, am left, and they seek me to take my life.
15
And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way by the wilderness of Damascus; and thou shalt arrive
there and anoint Hazael
to be king over Syria;