1 Kings 19:5 meaning and explanation

Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

1 Kings 19:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Elijah has just fled Jezebel's death threat, traveling from Mount Carmel to Beersheba and then a day's journey into the wilderness. There he collapses under a broom tree and prays to die, exhausted and convinced his work has failed.

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