Achov told Ezevel all that Eliyahu had done, and all about his killing all the prophets by the sword.

And Ezevel sent a messenger to Eliyahu saying, “So may the gods do, and may they do even more, for by this time tomorrow I will make your soul like the soul of one of them.”

And he realized and got up and went to [save] his life. He came to Beer Sheva which belonged to Yehudah, and left his servant there.

And he traveled into the desert, [which was] a one day journey. He arrived and sat under a single juniper tree, and asked for his soul, that it die, and he said, “It is enough, now Adonoy, take my soul, for I am no better than my fathers.”

He lay down and slept under the one juniper, and behold an angel touched him, and said to him, “Get up and eat.”

He looked, and there near his head was a cake baked on hot coals and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.

And the angel of Adonoy returned, and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, because it is a long journey for you.”

So he got up and he ate and drank; and he traveled with the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights, until [he came to] the Mountain of God, Chorev.

He came there, to the cave, and he rested there; and behold, the word of Adonoy [came] to him; and said to him, “What are you doing here, Eliyahu?”

And he said, “I have acted jealously for Adonoy, God of Hosts, for the Bnei Yisroel have abandoned Your covenant. They have demolished Your Altars, and killed Your prophets by the sword; and I alone have remained, and they seek my soul to take it.”

And He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before Adonoy.” And behold, Adonoy was passing, and a great and mighty wind splitting mountains and shattering rocks, before Adonoy, but Adonoy was not in the wind. And after the wind, there was an earthquake, but Adonoy was not in the earthquake.

After the earthquake, there was fire, but Adonoy was not in the fire, and after the fire there was a calm, quiet sound.

When Eliyahu heard he wrapped his face with his cloak, and he went out, and stood at the entrance to the cave; and behold a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Eliyahu?”

And he said, “I have acted jealously for Adonoy, God of Hosts, for the Bnei Yisroel have abandoned Your covenant. They have demolished Your Altars, and killed Your prophets by the sword; and I alone have remained, and they seek my soul to take it.”

And Adonoy said to him, “Go, return to your route, to the desert of Damascus; and [when] you arrive, you shall annoint Chazoheil as king over Arom.

And Yeihu ben Nimshi, you shall annoint as king over Yisroel, and Elisha ben Shofat, from Aveil Mecholoh, you shall annoint as prophet in your place.

And it will be that those that escape from the sword of Chazoheil, Yeihu will kill; and those that escape Yeihu’s sword, Elisha will kill.

And I will let seven thousand remain in Yisroel, all those whose knees did not bend to Baal, all those whose mouth did not kiss him.”

And he [Eliyahu] went from there and found Elisha ben Shofot. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Eliyohu passed by him and threw his cloak over him.

He left the oxen, and ran after Eliyahu and said, “Let me just kiss my father and my mother, and I will follow you.” And he [Eliyahu] said to him, “Go back, for what have I done to you.”

He went back after following him, and took the pair of oxen and slaughtered them, and with the gear of the oxen, he cooked the meat for them and he gave it the people and they ate. Then he got up and followed after Eliyohu, and he served him.