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1 Kings 19:4

And he himself went a day’s journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

In Context

3And Elijah feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Beersheba to the land of Judah, and he left his servant there.

5And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, someone touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

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Cross References

Genesis 21:15And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.

1 Kings 13:14and went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Art thou the man of God that came out of Judah? And he said to him, I am.

2 Kings 2:11And it came to pass as they were going, they went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Elijah was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.

Job 6:8For oh that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, 1 And the Lord would grant my hope! 1

Jeremiah 20:14Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed.

Amos 6:2O house of Israel, pass by all of you, and see; and pass by thence to Hamath Rabba; and thence descend to Gath of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, see if their coasts are greater than your coasts.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:2-9

Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. ( b. c. 906.) 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the… Read the whole commentary →

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