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1 Kings 19:4

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But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then 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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In context

The verses immediately either side, within 1 Kings 19.

Before

3When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then 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.”

After

5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”

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