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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 19:4 in context
1 Kings 19:1–7
1
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
2
Then 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!”
3
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
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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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
5
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
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He 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.
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The LORD’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
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