Get Out Of That Cave
A Biographical Study of the Prophet Elijah
HOW DID I GET HERE?
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (KJV) 1 Kings 19:4
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. (KJV) 1 Kings 19:3
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? (KJV) 1 Kings 19:9
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. (KJV) James 5:17
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. (KJV) 1 Kings 17:1
And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. (KJV) 1 Kings 17:11
And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. (KJV) 1 Kings 17:12
And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. (KJV) 1 Kings 17:13
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:21
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? (KJV) 1 Kings 17:18
And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? (KJV) 1 Kings 18:17
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:38
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. (KJV) 1 Kings 19:2
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. (KJV) 1 Kings 19:3
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. (KJV) 1 Kings 19:4
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:30
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: (KJV) 1 Kings 18:31
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:32
And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:33
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. (KJV) 1 Kings 18:22
