1 Raja-raja 19:4-8

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.” 19:6 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  19:8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

[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.”

[19:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “and again lay down”

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