...day's journey into the wilderness, and came and satdow.n under a juniper tree : and he c requested d for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough ; now, О LORD, take away my life ; for I am no better than my fathers. 5 And as hé lay and slept under a...

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...wilderness, to escape the anger of his enemies for having slain the priests of Baal. We read, ' that he went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree ;' there he prayed for himself that he might die. after the prophet had fallen asleep, an angel came...

...there, sitting down under a juniper tree, gives vent to his feelings, requesting that he might die : l, It is enough ; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers." Had that prayer been granted, then Elijah would have died under a cloud, leaving a doubt whether his...

...I think, commentators have understood that clause. — HARMER. CHAPTER XIX. Ver. 4. But he himself away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die ; and said. It is enough ; now, O LORD,...

...depths of his despondency he was inclined to give up all for lost, and to cry, " It is enough, now, О Lord, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers." One that had come into his study at that time, and seen the many infidel books and papers which lay...

...wil- of sadness, which nothing can nderness, and came and sat move— but a sense of God's presence, down under a juniper tree : and he requested for himself...away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said ^ unto «...

...the juniper tree, requested that he might die, '< 2 Cor. v. 6. "> Job, x. 18, 19. « Exod. xvi. 3. P and said, It is enough now, O Lord, take away my life". So Jonah justifies his impatience, nay, his anger, towards God himself: Now, O Lord, take, I beseech...

...It was in the prospect of trials that Elijah, distressed in mind, sat down under a juniper tree, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, " It is enough : now, Ü Lord, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers." And we may be sure that the apostle...

...gave way, and he prayed for death to end his troubles. " It is enough :" he cried, " now, O Jehovah, take away my life ; for I am not better than my fathers !'' To strengthen his now sinking faith, and to reward his sufferings in the cause of the God of Israel,...