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Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how 1he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
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Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 2"So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow."
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Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to 3Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. 4And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
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And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat."
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And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.
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And the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
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And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food 5forty days and forty nights to 6Horeb, the mount of God.