1 Kings 19:4

KJV

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.

— 1 Kings 19:4, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 1 Kings Chapter 19 connects to 10 cross-references. Jezebel threatens Elijah's life; he flees to the wilderness in despair, praying to die. An angel wakes him twice with food and water, sustaining him for forty days' journey to Horeb. God asks Elijah what he is doing there; after …

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Other Translations

ASV

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

YLT

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I <FI>am<Fi> not better than my fathers.'

BBE

While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

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