And he [a]was afraid and arose and ran for his [b]life and came to (A)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a [c]juniper tree; and (B)he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my [d]life, for I am not better than my fathers.” He lay down and slept under a [e]juniper tree; and behold, there was (C)an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 19:3 Reading of many mss; Heb text may read saw
  2. 1 Kings 19:3 Lit soul
  3. 1 Kings 19:4 Or broom-tree
  4. 1 Kings 19:4 Lit soul
  5. 1 Kings 19:5 Or broom-tree