4But 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 Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5He lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
6He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
7The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
8He arose, and ate and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.
9He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, What do you here, Elijah?
10He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
