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1 Kings 19:4

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But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”

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1 Kings 19:4 in other translations

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

1 Kings 19:4 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 19:4 in context

  1. 2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
  2. 3When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
  3. 4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
  4. 5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
  5. 6He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.