1. And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and in detail how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2. And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!
3. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4. And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
5. And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!