The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

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1 Kings 19:14 (KJV)

And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children 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 my life, to take it away.

 

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[FONT=&quot]And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:[/FONT]
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[FONT=&quot]1 Kings 19:15 KJV[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 19:16 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 19:17 (ERV)
And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay;

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 19:18 (NIV)

Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

 

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1 Kings 19:19 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot] around him.[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 19:20 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah. “Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye,” he said, “and then I will come with you.”[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”[/FONT]

 

[Deade]

1 Kings 19:21 (NIV)

So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.

I bet that made Elisha's dad happy.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

[h=1]1 Kings 20 (KJV)[/h][FONT=&quot]20 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.[/FONT]

 

[willfollowsGod]

1 Kings 20:2
New International Version (NIV)

He sent messengers into the city to Ahab king of Israel, saying, “This is what Ben-Hadad says:

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 20:3 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]‘Your silver and gold are mine, and the best of your wives and children are mine.’”[/FONT]

 

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1 Kings 20:4 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]The king of Israel answered, “Just as you say, my lord the king. I and all I have are yours.”[/FONT]

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 20:5 (NIV)

[FONT=&quot]The messengers came again and said, “This is what Ben-Hadad says: ‘I sent to demand your silver and gold, your wives and your children.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 20:6 (KJV)
Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away.

 

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1 Kings 20:7 (KJV)

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 20:8 (KJV)
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

 

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1 Kings 20:9 (KJV)

Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 20:10 (KJV)

[FONT=&quot]And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.[/FONT]

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

1 Kings 20:11 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
And the king of Israel answered and said: 'Tell him: Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off.'

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

1 Kings 20:12 (JPS Tanakh 1917)


And it came to pass, when [Ben-hadad] heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the booths, that he said unto his servants: 'Set yourselves in array.' And they set themselves in array against the city.