1 Kings 19:4 References

4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and ahe requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers."

a Numbers 11:15, Jeremiah 20:14-18, Jonah 4:3, Jonah 4:8


Numbers 11

15 "aSo if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness."

Jeremiah 20

14 Cursed be the aday when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!
15 Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A ababy boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy.
16 But let that man be like the cities Which the Lord aoverthrew without relenting, And let him hear an boutcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon;
17 Because he did not akill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant.
18 Why did I ever come forth from the womb To alook on trouble and sorrow, So that my bdays have been spent in cshame?

Jonah 4

3 "Therefore now, O Lord, please atake my life from me, for death is bbetter to me than life."

Jonah 4

8 When the sun came up God appointed a scorching aeast wind, and the bsun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "cDeath is better to me than life."