4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. [Num. 11:15;Jonah 4:3,8]And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers." 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat." 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you." 8 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food Ex. 24:18;34:28;Deut. 9:9,18;Matt. 4:2;Mark 1:13;Luke 4:2forty days and forty nights to Ex. 3:1Horeb, the mount of God.
The Lord Speaks to Elijah
9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, ver. 13the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"