1 Kings 19:4 (GNV)

Passage

But he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:2 Then Iezebel sent a messenger vnto Eliiah, saying, The gods doe so to me and more also, if I make not thy life like one of their liues by to morowe this time.

1 Kings 19:3 When he sawe that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which is in Iudah, and left his seruant there.

1 Kings 19:4 But he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.

1 Kings 19:5 And as he lay and slept vnder the iuniper tree, behold now, an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp, and eate.

1 Kings 19:6 And when he looked about, behold, there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot of water at his head: so he did eate and drinke, and returned and slept.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "dayes", "iourney", "wildernesse", "came", "sate", "downe", and "vnder". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "dayes", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "When he sawe that he arose and..." into verse 5's "And as he lay and slept vnder...", so "went" and "dayes" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "went" and "dayes" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.