1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done and all that he had killed—all the prophets with the sword.2Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'Thus may God do, and thus may he add: at this time tomorrow I will make your life like the life of one of them.'3When he saw, he arose and went for his life; he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.4He went a day's journey into the wilderness, came and sat under a broom tree, and asked that he might die. He said, 'It is enough; now, O the LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.'5He lay down and slept under the broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, 'Arise, eat.'6He looked, and behold, by his head was a cake of coals and a jar of water. He ate and drank and returned and lay down.7The angel of the LORD returned a second time, touched him, and said, 'Arise, eat, for the journey is too much for you.'8He arose, ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb.9He came there to the cave and lodged there. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him and said to him, 'What are you doing here, Elijah?'