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King Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how Elijah had killed all the prophets with a sword.
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So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "May the gods punish me terribly if by this time tomorrow I don't kill you just as you killed those prophets."
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When Elijah heard this, he was afraid and ran for his life, taking his servant with him. When they came to Beersheba in Judah, Elijah left his servant there.
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Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. "I have had enough, Lord," he prayed. "Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors."
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Then he lay down under the tree and slept. Suddenly an angel came to him and touched him. "Get up and eat," the angel said.
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Elijah saw near his head a loaf baked over coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. Then he went back to sleep.
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Later the Lord's angel came to him a second time. The angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat. If you don't, the journey will be too hard for you."
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So Elijah got up and ate and drank. The food made him strong enough to walk for forty days and nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God.
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There Elijah went into a cave and stayed all night.
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He answered, "Lord God All-Powerful, I have always served you as well as I could. But the people of Israel have broken their agreement with you, destroyed your altars, and killed your prophets with swords. I am the only prophet left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."