But 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 LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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Gill's Exposition
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness,.... Of Paran, which began near Beersheba, and was the wilderness of Arabia, in which the Israelites were near forty years; this day's journey…
Barnes' Notes
Elijah did not feel himself safe until he was beyond the territory of Judah, for Ahab might demand him of Jehoshaphat 1Ki 18:10, with whom he was on terms of close alliance 1Ki 22:4. He, therefore,…
Adam Clarke
A day's journey into the wilderness - Probably in his way to Mount Horeb. See Kg1 19:8.
Juniper tree - A tree that afforded him a shade from the scorching sun.
It is enough - I have lived long enough!…
One would have expected, after such a public and sensible manifestation of the glory of God and such a clear decision of the controversy depending between him and Baal, to the honour of Elijah, the…
Cambridge Bible
a day's journey into the wilderness The wilderness here spoken of is the desert of Paran, through which the Israelites had of old wandered from Egypt toward the promised land.
under a juniper tree The…
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