Editing Elijah (section)

==== Mount Horeb ====
[[Jezebel (Bible)|Jezebel]], enraged that Elijah has killed the prophets of Baal, threatens to kill him.<ref>{{Bibleverse|1|Kings|19:1–13|HE}}</ref> Elijah flees to [[Beersheba]] in [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]], continues alone into the wilderness, and finally sits down under a [[shrub]], praying for death and eventually falling asleep. At length an [[angel of the Lord]] rouses him gently, telling him to wake up and eat. When he awakens he finds bread and a jar of water, eats, drinks, and goes back to sleep. The angel then comes to him a second time, telling him to eat and drink afresh, because he has a long journey ahead of him.

Elijah travels for forty days and forty nights to [[Mount Horeb]],<ref name=EB1911>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Elijah |volume=9 |pages=273–274 |first1=William Robertson |last1=Smith |first2=Stanley Arthur |last2=Cook}}</ref> where [[Moses]] had received the [[Ten Commandments]]. Elijah is the only person described in the Bible as returning to Horeb, after Moses and his generation had left Horeb several centuries before. He seeks shelter in a [[Cave of Elijah|cave]]. Elijah is told to "Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the {{lord}}, for the {{lord}} is about to pass by."<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|19:11|NIV}}</ref> There comes a mighty wind, then an [[earthquake]] and then fire, but Yahweh is not in any of these, choosing to come instead as a [[1 Kings 19#Elijah's meeting with God on Horeb (19:9–18)|still, small voice]], which bids Elijah go forth again - this time to [[Damascus]] to anoint [[Hazael]] as king of [[Aram-Damascus|Aram]], [[Jehu]] as king of [[Israel]], and [[Elisha]] as the old prophet's successor.

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File:JPF-Cave Of Elijah.JPG|A statue of Elijah in the [[Cave of Elijah]], [[Mount Carmel]], Israel
File:Elijah's cave P3160005.JPG|The Cave of Elijah, Mount Carmel, Israel

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