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1 Kings 19: Elijah’s Despair and God’s Encouragement – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Themes of Depression, Anxiety, Divine Comfort, and Renewal

Immerse yourself in the powerful events of 1 Kings 19 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the story of Elijah’s despair after Queen Jezebel threatens his life, his flight to the wilderness, and God’s encouragement through an angel, a still small voice, and a new mission. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, this chapter deals with themes of depression, anxiety, God’s comfort, and renewal. Let the Scriptures come alive and experience the transformative power of God’s Word.

1 KINGS 19 (NIV)

1 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all
the prophets with the sword.

2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say,
“May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I
do not make your life like that of one of them.”

3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah,
he left his servant there,

4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the
wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he
might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better
than my ancestors.”

5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

6 He looked
around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar
of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.

7 The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get
up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”

8 So he got up and ate and
drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights
until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

9 There he went into a cave and
spent the night.
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The
Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your
prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are
trying to kill me too.”

11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the
Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the
rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there
was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.

12 After the
earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire
came a gentle whisper.

13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his
face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

14 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The
Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your
prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are
trying to kill me too.”

15 The Lord said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of
Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram.

16 Also, anoint
Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from
Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.

17 Jehu will put to death any who
escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the
sword of Jehu.

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

19 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 around him.

20 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.”
“Go back,” Elijah replied. “What have I done to you?”

21 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.