They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food. Cross References 1 Kings 19:4 while he himself traveled on a day's journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers." Job 30:3 Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night. Job 30:5 They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves, Treasury of Scripture Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. for their meat 2 Kings 4:38,39 Amos 7:14 Luke 15:16 |