And he [a]was afraid, and got up and ran for his [b]life and came to (A)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and he left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and (B)he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my [c]life, for I am no better than my fathers.” Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but 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; MT may read saw
  2. 1 Kings 19:3 Lit soul
  3. 1 Kings 19:4 Lit soul

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