And he [a]was afraid, and got up and ran for his [b]life and came to (A)Beersheba, which belongs to Judah; and he left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree; and (B)he asked for himself to die, and said, “Enough! Now, Lord, take my [c]life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 19:3 Reading of many mss; MT may read saw
  2. 1 Kings 19:3 Lit soul
  3. 1 Kings 19:4 Lit soul

“Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, the great city, and (B)cry out against it, because their (C)wickedness has come up before Me.” But Jonah got up to flee to (D)Tarshish (E)from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to (F)Joppa, found a ship that was going to Tarshish, paid the fare, and [a]boarded it to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 1:3 Lit went down in

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