1 Kings 19:4-7

Context
19:4 while he went a day’s journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub¹ 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 out⁴ and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger⁵ touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 19:6 He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more.⁶ 19:7 The Lord’s angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”⁷

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

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

[19:4] ³tn Heb “fathers.”

[19:5] ⁴tn Or “lay down.”

[19:5] ⁵tn Heb “Look, a messenger.”

[19:6] ⁷tn Heb “and again lay down”

[19:7] ¹⁰tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”