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1 Kings · read by Joel Portman
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1 Kings 19
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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!"Read from KJV · Discouragement
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And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,Read from KJV · Discouragement
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Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."Read from KJV · Discouragement
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And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.Read from KJV · Discouragement
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So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.Read from KJV · Discouragement
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"I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts," he replied, "but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well."Read from KJV · Discouragement
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After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a still, small voice.Read from NKJV · Discouragement
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When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"Read from KJV · Discouragement
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Then the LORD said to him, "Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.Read from KJV · Discouragement
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You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.Read from KJV · Discouragement
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Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.Read from KJV · Discouragement