1 Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and that he had killed all the prophets of Baal with the sword. 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods do as much to me and more if by tomorrow I haven’t made your life like the lives of those you killed!"
3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he arrived in Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there 4 and traveled another day’s journey into the desert. He sat down under a broom tree and asked to die. "I’ve had enough now, Lord," he said. "Take my life! I’m no better than my forefathers."
5 He lay down and fell asleep under the broom tree. All of a sudden an angel touched him and said, "Get up, and eat." 6 He looked around, and there beside his head was some bread baking over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again.
7 The angel of the Lord returned a second time and touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you."
8 So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength the food gave him he was able to walk forty days and forty nights to Mount Horeb,19:8. Another name for Mount Sinai. the mountain of God.