1Kings:19:1-8

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ylt @1Kings:19:1 @And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did , and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword , ylt @1Kings:19:2 @and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah , saying , 'Thus doth the gods , and thus do they add , surely about this time to-morrow , I make thy life as the life of one of them .' ylt @1Kings:19:3 @And he feareth , and riseth , and goeth for his life , and cometh in to Beer-Sheba , that [is ] Judah 's , and leaveth his young man there , ylt @1Kings:19:4 @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 [am ] not better than my fathers .' ylt @1Kings:19:5 @And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree , and lo , a messenger cometh against him , and saith to him , 'Rise , eat ;' ylt @1Kings:19:6 @and he looketh attentively , and lo , at his bolster a cake [baken on ] burning stones , and a dish of water , and he eateth , and drinketh , and turneth , and lieth down . ylt @1Kings:19:7 @And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time , and cometh against him , and saith , 'Rise , eat , for the way is too great for thee ;' ylt @1Kings:19:8 @and he riseth , and eateth , and drinketh , and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights , unto the mount of God -- Horeb .

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