But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and (A)he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my [a]life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

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  1. 1 Kings 19:4 Lit soul

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”

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