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THE PltOPHET ELISEUS CHOSEN TO BUCClED ELIAS. 153
irlg hcr at tIlc trinclo~v, ordercd her servants to cnst her donrn.
They did so, arid the walls werc rjl~rir~klcd wit11 hcr blood,
and thc hoovcs of the horscs trod upon her, nnd the dogs
came and file her fle~li, Afler Jchu hacl dinecl he ordered
Jexubcl to bo buried, but only her head, feet xld ha~lds remained.
QUESTIONS.
1. Wlio had x vineyarrl near Achab's palace at Je~raliel ? What
did Acll:ib, colleting the vineyard, say one day to Nnbotli? What
did Nt~both answer Iliru? 2. Why was tile Ling 60 troubled that he
could ~leitller cnt nor sleep ? Whai (lid Jwnbel, big queen, mockillply
sag? 3. ITht did she then do? Rhnt did thcse men say
against Nabotll ? 'IVl~ttt was dune to Sabot11 ? 4. NTliat did 3exabe1,
being iliformcd oENaboth'e dcsth, kll hct hnsbzncl.? What did the
Lord thcn command Elias to do? What wax he to telI the Iii1lg7
Was lhis predictio~l f~~lfillcd? 5. Flow jras it fr~lfillcd? 6. Some
time nfter, whcn Jeha \me Idng, wlierc did lie go? When Jembcl
l~enrrl of his corning, \\.hat ditl he do P What (lid Jchu, seeing her
at the window, order hcr servnnta to do? What followed?
CHAPTER LXV.
T one time Elias, being persecuted by Jeznbel, fled into
A tho desert. He rvos wry sad, and desirod to die, for
he thought all t11c Isr~elit,cs had fallen into idolatry. Being
fatigued, he cast hirnsclf down and slept in the ~1;hadorn of a
juniper trec ; and Lohold, an angel of the Lord touchccl him
and said : "Arise, cr~t; for thou hnst yet n great way to go."
EIias looked, and swi- at his head rt hcarl.11-cake nnd n vessel
of water. IIo ayose, at.c and tlmnk, nncl +~xllied irl the
strength of that food forty days and forty nights, until he
came to the rnount of God, Eoreb.