1 Kings 19: 3-8

 

3: In fear Elijah fled for his life and, when he had reached Beersheba in Judah he left his servant there,

4: while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, and sitting down under it he prayed for death: “It is enough” he said; “”now Lord take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers before me.”

5: He lay down under the bush and, while he slept, an angel touched him and said,

6: “Rise and eat.” He looked and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a pitcher of water. He ate and drank and lay down again.

7: The angel of the Lord came again and touched him a second time, saying “Rise and eat; the journey is too much for you.”

8: He rose and ate and drank and, sustained by this food, he went on for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.