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Referiu Acabe a Jezabel tudo o que Elias havia feito, e como matara todos os profetas à espada. 
Jezabel enviou um mensageiro a Elias a dizer-lhe: Assim me façam os deuses e ainda mais, se eu amanhã a esta hora não fizer à tua vida o que fizeste à deles. 
O que vendo, levantou-se e, para conservar a vida, foi-se e chegou a Berseba, que pertence a Judá, e ali deixou o seu criado. 
Ele, porém, andou pelo deserto o caminho dum dia, e veio e se assentou debaixo dum junípero; pediu para si a morte, e disse: Basta; tira, Jeová, a minha vida, porque eu não sou melhor do que meus pais. 
Deitou-se e dormiu debaixo de um junípero; eis que um anjo o tocou, e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come. 
Olhou ele, e viu junto à cabeça um pão cozido sobre as brasas, e uma botija de água. Comeu e bebeu e tornou a deitar-se. 
Voltou segunda vez o anjo de Jeová, e tocou-o e disse-lhe: Levanta-te e come, porque a viagem é demasiado longa para ti. 
Levantou-se, comeu e bebeu, e com a força daquela comida caminhou quarenta dias e quarenta noites até Horebe, o monte de Deus. 
Entrou ali numa caverna, onde pousou. Eis que lhe veio a palavra de Jeová, e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias? 
Ele respondeu: Tenho sido zeloso por Jeová, Deus dos exércitos; porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derrubaram os teus altares e mataram à espada os teus profetas; eu, somente eu, fiquei, e procuram tirar-me a vida. 
Foi-lhe dito: Sai para fora, e põe-te no monte diante de Jeová. Eis que passava Jeová, e um grande e forte vento fendia os montes e esmigalhava as penhas diante dele, porém, Jeová não estava no vento; depois do vento um terremoto, porém, Jeová não estava no terremoto; 
depois do terremoto um fogo, porém, Jeová não estava no fogo; e depois do fogo uma voz dum suave silêncio. 
Ouvindo-a Elias, envolveu o rosto na sua capa e saindo para fora, pôs-se à entrada da caverna. Eis que lhe veio uma voz e lhe disse: Que fazes aqui, Elias? 
Ele respondeu: Tenho sido zeloso por Jeová, Deus de Israel, porque os filhos de Israel deixaram a tua aliança, derrubaram os teus altares e mataram à espada os teus profetas; eu, somente eu, fiquei, e procuram tirar-me a vida. 
Disse-lhe Jeová: Vai, torna ao teu caminho pelo deserto de Damasco; quando lá chegares, ungirás a Hazael em rei sobre a Síria. 
A Jeú, filho de Ninsi, ungi-lo-ás rei sobre Israel; e a Eliseu, filho de Safate de Abel-Meolá, ungi-lo-ás para ser profeta em teu lugar. 
Quem escapar da espada de Hazael, Jeú o matará; e quem escapar da espada de Jeú, Eliseu o matará. 
Todavia hei de reservar para mim sete mil em Israel: todos os joelhos que se não dobraram a Baal, e toda a boca que o não beijou. 
Partiu dali Elias e achou Eliseu, filho de Safate, que andava lavrando com doze juntas de bois à sua frente, estando ele com a duodécima; chegando-se Elias a Eliseu, lançou a sua capa sobre ele. 
Deixando este os bois, correu após Elias e disse: Permite-me beijar a meu pai e a minha mãe, e então te seguirei. Elias respondeu-lhe: Torna a voltar, pois que te fiz eu? 
Voltou Eliseu de seguir a Elias, tomou a junta de bois, e matou-os, e com os aparelhos dos bois cozeu as carnes, e deu-as ao povo, e comeram. Então se levantou, seguiu a Elias e o servia. 

Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword. 
Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. 
And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant; 
While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers. 
And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food. 
And looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again. 
And the angel of the Lord came again a second time, and touching him said, Get up and have some food, or the journey will be overmuch for your strength. 
So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God. 
And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah? 
And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have made destruction of your altars, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life. 
Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock. 
And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath. 
And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah? 
And he said, I have been burning for the honour of the Lord, the God of armies; for the children of Israel have not kept your agreement; they have had your altars broken down, and have put your prophets to death with the sword: till I, even I, am the only one living; and now they are attempting to take away my life. 
And the Lord said to him, Go back on your way through the waste land to Damascus; and when you come there, put the holy oil on Hazael to make him king over Aram; 
And on Jehu, son of Nimshi, making him king over Israel; and on Elisha, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, to be prophet in your place. 
And it will come about that the man who gets away safe from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever gets away safe from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death. 
But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses. 
So he went away from there and came across Elisha, the son of Shaphat, ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen, he himself walking with the twelfth; and Elijah went up to him and put his robe on him. 
And letting the oxen be where they were, he came running after Elijah, and said, Only let me give a kiss to my father and mother, and then I will come after you. But he said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you? 
And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant. 

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