The Lord Speaks to Elijah

1 Kings 19

9 And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 10 So he said, f "I have been very g zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and h killed Your prophets with the sword. i I alone am left; and they seek to take my life." 11 Then He said, "Go out, and stand j on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD k passed by, and l a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces 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 1 a still small voice. 13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that m he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. n Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 14 o And he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life." 15 Then the LORD said to him: "Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; p and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria. 16 "Also you shall anoint q Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And r Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. 17 s "It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will t kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, u Elisha will kill. 18 v "Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, w and every mouth that has not kissed him."

  1. Cross References
    Romans 11:3
    LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"?
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 25:11
    Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel in My zeal.
    Numbers 25:13
    'and it shall be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'"
    Psalms 69:9
    Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
  3. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:4
    For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.)
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 18:22
    Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
    Romans 11:3
    LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life"?
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 19:20
    Then the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
    Exodus 24:12
    Then the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and be there; and I will give you tablets of stone, and the law and commandments which I have written, that you may teach them.
    Exodus 24:18
    So Moses went into the midst of the cloud and went up into the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 33:21
    And the LORD said, "Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.
    Exodus 33:22
    So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 1:4
    Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
    Ezekiel 37:7
    So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 3:6
    Moreover He said, "I am the God of your father - the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
    Isaiah 6:2
    Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 19:9
    And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 19:10
    So he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:8 - 15
    And the king said to Hazael, "Take a present in your hand, and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this disease?'
  12. Cross References
    2 Kings 9:1 - 10
    And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, "Get yourself ready, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.
  13. Cross References
    1 Kings 19:19 - 21
    So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.
    2 Kings 2:9 - 15
    And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you?" Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.
  14. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:12
    And Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.
    2 Kings 13:3
    Then the anger of the LORD was aroused against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of BenHadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
    2 Kings 13:22
    And Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 9:14
    So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had been defending Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria.
    2 Kings 10:28
    Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.
  16. Cross References
    Hosea 6:5
    Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
  17. Cross References
    Romans 11:4
    But what does the divine response say to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
  18. Cross References
    Hosea 13:2
    Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!
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