1 Kings 19:3-10
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Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to s Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
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But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. t And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
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And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat."
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And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.
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And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
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And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food u forty days and forty nights to v Horeb, the mount of God.
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There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, w the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
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He said, "I have been very x jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, y thrown down your altars, and z killed your prophets with the sword, a and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away."
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Cross References
Genesis 21:31
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
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Numbers 11:15
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.
Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:8
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, "It is better for me to die than to live.
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Exodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud and went up on the moun...
Exodus 34:28
So he was there with the Lord forty days and fo...
Deuteronomy 9:9
When I went up the mountain to receive the tabl...
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I lay prostrate before the Lord as before,...
Matthew 4:2
And after fasting forty days and forty nights, ...
Mark 1:13
And he was in the wilderness forty days, being ...
Luke 4:2
For forty days, being tempted by the devil. And...
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Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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1 Kings 19:13
And when Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?
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Numbers 25:11
Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.
Numbers 25:13
And it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.'
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:30
Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down.
Romans 11:3
"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life."
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1 Kings 18:4
And when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.)
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1 Kings 18:22
Then Elijah said to the people, "I, even I only, am left a prophet of the Lord, but Baal's prophets are 450 men.
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