7. Then the angel of the lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.”
8. So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.
9. There he came to a cave, where he spent the night.But the lord said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10. Elijah replied, “I have zealously served the lord God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”