What Is Juniper tree in the Bible?
Plant
A desert bush. Elijah, worn out, fell asleep in its shade.
A detail
- In other Bibles: “broom tree,” another desert bush.
Where it appears in the Bible
1 Kings 19:4
What the Bible says
1 Kings 19:4
And he went forward, one day’s journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord, take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “juniper”