1. And Ach'av told Izevel all that Eliyahu had done, and how he had slain kol haNevi'im with the cherev.
2. Then Izevel sent a malach unto Eliyahu, saying, So let elohim do to me, and more also, if I make not thy nefesh as the life of one of them by this time makhar (tomorrow).
3. And when he saw that, he arose, and fled for his nefesh, and came to Be'er Sheva, which belongeth to Yehudah, and left his na'ar (servant) there.
4. But he himself went derech yom (a day's journey) into the midbar, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and he requested for his nefesh to die; and said, It is enough; now, O Hashem, take away my nefesh; for I am no better than my avot.
5. And as he lay and slept under a broom tree, hinei, then a malach touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6. And he looked, and, hinei, there at his rosh was an oogah (disk or cake of bread) baked on hot coals, and a jar of mayim. And he did eat and drink, and returned to lie down again.
7. And the Malach Hashem came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the derech is too great for thee.
8. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the ko'ach ha'achilah hahi (strength of that food) arba'im yom v'arba'im lailah unto Chorev the Har HaElohim.
9. And he came there unto hame'arah (the cave), and lodged there; and, hinei, the Devar Hashem came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Eliyahu?