3. Elijah was afraid and fled for his life, going to Beer-sheba of Judah. He left his servant there
4. and went a day’s journey into the wilderness, until he came to a solitary broom tree and sat beneath it. He prayed for death: “Enough, Lord! Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”
5. He lay down and fell asleep under the solitary broom tree, but suddenly a messenger touched him and said, “Get up and eat!”
6. He looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again,
7. but the angel of the Lord came back a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat or the journey will be too much for you!”
8. He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.
9. There he came to a cave, where he took shelter. But the word of the Lord came to him: Why are you here, Elijah?