By and by he heard a Voice from the Lord speaking to him, and it said: "What doest thou here, Elijah?"
Then Elijah said: "I have been very jealous for the Lord, but now the Children of Israel have forsaken my God, and I, even I, am the only one left, and they are going to kill me!"
And the Lord said: "Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord."
Then the Lord passed by, and a great wind tore the rocks and the mountains, and there was a great earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake nor in the fire that came afterwards; and then there was a still, low voice. And when Elijah heard that voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood by the mouth of the cave.
Then the voice spoke to him again: "What doest thou here, Elijah?" And again Elijah said that he was the only Prophet left!
But the Lord told him that He had seven thousand Israelites who had served Him faithfully, and had never bowed down to Baal!
Then the Lord told him to go and anoint two kings; and also to anoint Elisha, the son of Shaphat, as a Prophet instead of himself.
So Elijah went to Abelmeholah, and found Elisha ploughing in the fields; and as he passed by him, he cast his mantle upon him.
Then Elisha left his oxen and ran after him, and said: "Let me go and kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee!"
Elijah said: "What have I done to thee?"