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Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go. Namsi, to be king over Israel: and Eliseus, the
8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint
in the strength of that food forty days and forty to be prophet in thy room.
nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb. 17 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
9 And when he was come thither, he abode in shall escape the sword of Hazael, shall be slain
a cave. and behold the word of the Lord came by Jehu: and whosoever shall escape the sword
unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou of Jehu, shall be slain by Eliseus.
here, Elias? 18 And I will leave me seven thousand men in
10 And he answered: With zeal have I been Israel, whose knees have not been bowed before
zealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the chil- Baal, and every mouth that hath not worshipped
dren of Israel have forsaken thy covenant: they him, kissing the hands.
have thrown down thy altars, they have slain thy 19 And Elias departing from thence, found
prophets with the sword, and I alone am left, and Eliseus, the son of Saphat, ploughing with twelve
they seek my life to take it away. yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were
11 And he said to him: Go forth, and stand ploughing with, twelve yoke of oxen: and when
upon the mount before the Lord: and behold the Elias came up to him, he cast his mantle upon
Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind be- him.
fore the Lord, overthrowing the mountains, and 20 And he forthwith left the oxen, and run
breaking the rocks in pieces: but the Lord is not after Elias, and said: Let me, I pray thee, kiss
in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: my father and my mother, and then I will follow
but the Lord is not in the earthquake. thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back:
12 And after the earthquake, a fire: but the for that which was my part, I have done to thee.
Lord is not in the fire. And after the fire, a 21 And returning back from him, he took a
whistling of a gentle air. yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled the
13 And when Elias heard it, he covered his flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to
face with his mantle, and coming forth, stood in the people, and they ate: and rising up, he went
the entering in of the cave, and behold a voice away, and followed Elias, and ministered to him.
unto him, saying: What dost thou here, Elias?
And he answered:
14 With zeal have I been zealous for the Lord Chapter 20
God of hosts: because the children of Israel have
forsaken thy covenant: they have destroyed thy And Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together
altars, they have slain thy prophets with the all his host, and there were two and thirty kings
sword; and I alone am left, and they seek my with him, and horses, and chariots: and going
life to take it away. up, he fought against Samaria, and besieged it.
15 And the Lord said to him: Go, and re- 2 And sending messengers to Achab, king of
turn on thy way, through the desert, to Damas- Israel, into the city,
cus: and when thou art come thither, thou shalt 3 He said: Thus saith Benadad: Thy silver
anoint Hazael to be king over Syria; and thy gold is mine: and thy wives and thy
16 And thou shalt anoint Jehu, the son of goodliest children are mine.