"It will comeabout when I leaveyou that the Spiritof the LORDwill carryyou whereI do not know;so when I comeand tellAhaband he cannotfindyou, he will killme, although [I] your servanthave fearedthe LORDfrom my youth.
"And nowyou are saying,'Go,sayto your master,"Behold,Elijah[is here]."'
As they were goingalong and talking,behold,[there appeared] a chariotof fireand horsesof firewhich separatedthe twoof them. And Elijahwentup by a whirlwindto heaven.
They saidto him, "Beholdnow,thereare with your servantsfiftystrongmen,pleaselet them goand searchfor your master;perhapsthe Spiritof the LORDhas takenhim up and casthim on somemountainorinto somevalley."And he said,"You shall not send."
For in the eighthyearof his reignwhile he was stilla youth,he beganto seekthe Godof his fatherDavid;and in the twelfthyearhe beganto purgeJudahand Jerusalemof the highplaces,the Asherim,the carvedimagesand the moltenimages.
For You are my hope;O LordGOD,[You are] my confidencefrom my youth.
"The fearof the LORDis to hateevil;Prideand arroganceand the evilwayAnd the pervertedmouth,I hate.
It is goodthat you grasponethingand alsonot letgoof the other;for the one who fearsGodcomesforthwith bothof them.
Whois among you that fearsthe LORD,That obeysthe voiceof His servant,That walksin darknessand hasnolight?Let him trustin the nameof the LORDand relyon his God.
And the Spiritliftedme up and broughtme in a visionby the Spiritof Godto the exilesin Chaldea.So the visionthat I had seenleftme.
The handof the LORDwas upon me, and He broughtme out by the Spiritof the LORDand setme downin the middleof the valley;and it was fullof bones.
He stretchedout the formof a handand caughtme by a lockof my head;and the Spiritliftedme up betweenearthand heavenand broughtme in the visionsof Godto Jerusalem,to the entranceof the northgateof the inner[court], wherethe seatof the idolof jealousy,whichprovokesto jealousy,was [located].
Thenwhen Herodsawthat he had been trickedby the magi,he became veryenraged,and sentand slewallthe male childrenwho were in Bethlehemand allits vicinity,from two years oldand under,accordingto the timewhichhe had determinedfrom the magi.
ThenJesuswas ledup by the Spiritinto the wildernessto be temptedby the devil.
"For he will be greatin the sightof the Lord;and he will drinknowineorliquor,and he will be filledwith the HolySpiritwhile yetin his mother'swomb.
When Herodhad searchedfor him and had not foundhim, he examinedthe guardsand orderedthat they be led away[to execution]. Thenhe went downfrom Judeato Caesareaand was spending timethere.
Whenthey cameup out of the water,the Spiritof the LordsnatchedPhilipaway;and the eunuchno longersawhim, but wenton his wayrejoicing.
and that from childhoodyou have knownthe sacredwritingswhich are ableto give you the wisdomthat leadsto salvationthroughfaithwhich is in ChristJesus.
But Samuelsaid,"Howcan I go?When Saulhears[of it], he will killme." And the LORDsaid,"Takea heiferwith you and say,'I have cometo sacrificeto the LORD.'
Now Samuelwas ministeringbeforethe LORD,[as] a boywearinga linenephod.
Now the boySamuelwas growingin statureand in favorbothwith the LORDand with men.
