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1 Kings 19:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Kings 19:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Then he was afraid;[a] he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”(A) 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.”
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- 19.3 Gk: Heb he saw
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