Popular Bible Verses from 3 Kings 19

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And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire. And after the fire a whistling of a gentle air.

And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper-tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me. Lord, take away my soul; for I am no better than my fathers.

And he said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passeth. And a great and strong wind before the Lord over throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake.

And when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth stood in the entering-in of the cave, And, behold, a voice unto him, saying: What dost thou here, Elias? And he answered

And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave. And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?

And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper-tree. And, behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.

And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat; for thou hast yet a great way to go.

And he answered: With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant. They have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy prophets with the sword, and I alone am left: and they seek my life to take it away.

He looked, and, behold there was at his head a hearth-cake, and a vessel of water. And he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again.

And Jezabel sent a messenger to Elias, saying: Such and such things may the gods do to me, and add still more, if by this hour to-morrow I make not thy life as the life of one of them.

And I will leave me seven thousand men in Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped him kissing the hands.

And Elias departing from thence found Eliseus the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. And he was one of them that were ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. And when Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon him.

And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. And rising up he went away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.

And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back; for that which was my part, I have done to thee.