1 Kings 19:4-5

19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub ¹  and asked the Lord to take his life: ²  “I’ve had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I’m no better than my ancestors.” ³  19:5 He stretched out ⁴  and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger ⁵  touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

[19:4]  ¹ tn Or “broom tree” (also in v. 5).

[19:4]  ² tn Heb “and asked with respect to his life to die.”

[19:4]  ³ tn Heb “fathers.”

[19:5]  ⁴ tn Or “lay down.”

[19:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look, a messenger.”