And Benaiah came to the tent of LORD, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. And he said, No, but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

Get thee from here, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

And he answered him, It is I. Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].

As LORD thy God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek thee. And when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom and nation that they did not find thee.

And now thou say, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here].

And now thou say, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here], and he will kill me.

And he came to a cave there, and lodged there. And, behold, the word of LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are thou doing here, Elijah?

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What are thou doing here, Elijah?

And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall thy judgment be, thyself have decided it.

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of LORD besides, that we may inquire of him?