1 Kings 19:4
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and 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.
Note for himself: Heb. for his life
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.”
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- sat down
- 1 Kings 13:14; Genesis 21:15, 16; John 4:6
- he requested
- 1 Kings 19:3; Numbers 11:15; 2 Kings 2:11; Job 3:20–22; Jeremiah 20:14–18; Jonah 4:3, 8; Philippians 1:21–24
- for himself
- Heb. for his life. better.
- Amos 6:2; Nahum 3:8; Matthew 6:26; Romans 3:9