³ Elijah was afraid^[a] and ran^(A) for his life.^(B) When he came to Beersheba^(C) 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,^(D) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;^(E) I am no better than my ancestors.”

² “Go to the great city of Nineveh^(A) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

³ But Jonah ran^(B) away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish^(C). He went down to Joppa,^(D) where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord.^(E)