Elijah at Horeb

After Carmel, Queen Jezebel swears to have Elijah killed by this time tomorrow. The prophet flees to Beersheba, then goes on alone into the wilderness. Exhausted, he sits down under a broom tree and asks to die: “It is enough!” Twice an angel wakes him: “Arise and eat,” with a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. Strengthened by that food, Elijah walks forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. In a cave, God asks him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He complains that he is the only one left. Then the LORD passes by: a strong wind, an earthquake, a fire, but the LORD is not in them; then comes “a still small voice.” God sends Elijah back out with a mission: anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha. He also reveals that he has kept seven thousand faithful for himself. Elijah throws his cloak over Elisha, who follows him.