KJV King James Version
And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.
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1 Kings 19:3
And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
WEB World English Bible
When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
ASV American Standard Version
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah’s, and leaveth his young man there,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 19
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.
6 And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
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וַיַּ֗רְאH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeוַיָּ֙קָם֙H6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiוַיֵּ֣לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)נַפְשׁ֔וֹH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוַיָּבֹ֕אH935 · boto come (in): comeבְּאֵ֥רH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaשֶׁ֖בַעH884 · be.er she.vaBeershebaאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלִֽיהוּדָ֑הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahוַיַּנַּ֥חH5117 · nu.achto restאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]נַעֲר֖וֹH5288 · na.aryouthשָֽׁם׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Genesis 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.Matthew 26:70-74But he denied before [them] all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.Isaiah 51:12-13I, [even] I, [am] he that comforteth you: who [art] thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man [that] shall die, and of the son of man [which] shall be made [as] grass;1 Samuel 27:1And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.Genesis 12:12-13Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.Amos 7:12-13Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:1 Kings 4:25And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.Exodus 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
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