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1 Kings 19:3 (KJV)

“And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.”

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1 Kings 19 — surrounding verses

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 Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

4

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.

5

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

6

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

8

And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.

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