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先知以利亚正在逃命。他对神忠心，曾警告亚哈王和王后耶洗别，说他们需要服从神，不可再以偶像误导以色列民。可是亚哈和耶洗别不肯听从他——甚至在神藉以利亚在一次戏剧性的对决中展示祂的超自然能力之后，（参王上 18）他们依然故我。耶洗别反而威吓以利亚要去追捕和杀害他。

以利亚于是逃到旷野去。在那里，神差遣天使照顾他，他因此有气力继续前行，一直到达何烈山（西奈山），这是很多年之前神与摩西和以色列民会面的地方。（参出 19-20）

在何烈山的一个山洞中，以利亚听到神呼唤他出来，当神经过时，以利亚将与祂会面。这时有一系列的风暴临到，烈风崩石碎石，但神却不在其中。跟着有地震，又有不知道从何而来的火，但神也不在地震或火中。

之后便是一片静默。以利亚从洞里出来，他遮住脸与神会面。神鼓励和关心以利亚，又把新的责任委托给他，其中包括膏立另一位先知，这样以利亚就不再孤军作战了。

耶和华就是这样再次坚定以利亚的信心，而以利亚也继续忠心地履行侍奉。

The prophet Elijah was running for his life. He had been faithful to God, warning King Ahab and Queen Jezebel that they needed to obey God and stop misleading the people of Israel. But Ahab and Jezebel would not listen—not even after God showed his power through Elijah in a dramatic showdown (1 Kings 18). Instead, Jezebel threatened to hunt Elijah down and kill him.

So Elijah ran away into the wilderness. There God sent an angel to care for him, and that gave him energy to keep traveling all the way to Horeb (Mt. Sinai), where God had met Moses and the people of Israel many years earlier (Exodus 19-20).

In a cave on Mount Horeb, Elijah heard God calling him to come out and meet him as he passed by. A series of storms came. A great wind tore at the mountain and shattered rocks. But God was not in the wind. Then the earth shook, and fire came out of nowhere, but God was not in the earthquake or the fire.

Then there was a sound of stillness. And Elijah emerged, with his face covered, to meet with God. God spoke with encouragement and care, giving Elijah new tasks to do. And these included anointing another prophet so that Elijah would no longer work alone.

In this way the Lord reaffirmed Elijah, and Elijah continued to serve God faithfully.