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1 Kings 19:5

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And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

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  1. 1 Kings 19:3

    And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer–sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

  2. 1 Kings 19:4

    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.

  3. 1 Kings 19:6

    And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

  4. 1 Kings 19:7

    And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.