1 Kings 19:4

Into the wilderness] Since the king of Judah was an ally of Ahab, the prophet did not consider himself safe from Jezebel's fury until he was beyond Judaaan territory. A jumper tree] a kind of broom, with purplish white flowers, that grows to the height of 10 or 12 ft. Requested.. might die] The nervous tension caused by the scene on Carmel was now succeeded by reaction and exhaustion. Elijah felt that he had been no more successful in checking the nation's apostasy than the prophets who had been before him.