Holy Scripture

1 Kings 19:9

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“Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" After reaching Horeb, the mountain of God, Elijah spent the night in a cave, and on the next day, when he heard the noise of God coming to him, he went out to the entrance of the cave where he heard him saying, "What are you doing?" And…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 19:9

Source: Septuagint

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9And he entered there into a cave, and rested there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

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7And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.

8And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Mount Horeb.

— 1 Kings 19:9 —

10And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have dug down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.

11And he said, Thou shalt go forth tomorrow, and shalt stand before the Lord in the mount; behold, the Lord will pass by. And, behold, a great and strong wind rending the mountains, and crushing the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake:

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