3When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.


In Context

1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, |So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!|

3 When he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs 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 Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.|

5 He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, |Arise and eat!|

1 Kings 19:3 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:3Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:3Then Elias was afraid, and rising up he went whithersoever he had a mind: and he came to Bersabee of Juda, and left his servant there,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3And 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:3And 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.