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1 Kings 19:4 — But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and…
“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.”
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The verses around 1 Kings 19:4.
2Then 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.
3And 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.
4But 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.
5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6And 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.
Verse explanation
Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai, and the forty days of walking to reach it deliberately echo Israel’s forty years in the wilderness and Moses’s forty days on that same mountain. It’s a way of linking Elijah directly to the exodus tradition.
From the 1 Kings 19 study in Bible in Stories.
1 Kings 19:4 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
E elle se foi ao deserto, caminho de um dia, e veiu, e se assentou debaixo de um zimbro; e pediu em seu animo a morte, e disse: Já basta, ó Senhor; toma agora a minha vida, pois não sou melhor do que meus paes.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
E ele se foi pelo deserto um dia de caminho, e veio e sentou-se debaixo de um junípero; e desejando morrer, disse: Basta já, ó SENHOR, tira minha alma; que não sou eu melhor que meus pais.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
y se adentró un día más en el desierto. Se sentó bajo un arbusto y pidió morir. “Ya estoy harto, Señor”, dijo. “¡Toma mi vida! No soy mejor que mis antepasados”.
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