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1 Kings 19:5

“And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.”

Verse in context — 1 Kings 19

3

And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.

4

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.

5

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.

6

And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

7

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat; because the journey [is] too great for thee.

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