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1 Kings 19:3

JudahBeersheba
FearExhaustionDiscouragement and depressionLoneliness

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

2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

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

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.”

5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”

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BSB
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
KJV
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.
WEB
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And 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.
BLB
And he feared, and he arose, and ran for his life, and he came to Beersheba, which [is] unto Judah, and he left his servant there.
ÅB
Da han hørte det, gjorde han seg rede og dro bort for å berge livet, og han kom til Be'erseba, som hører til Juda; der lot han sin dreng bli tilbake,
OTB
Elia, fylt av frykt, sto opp og flyktet for sitt liv, og kom til Beersheba, som tilhører Juda, hvor han etterlot sin tjener.
B1930
Da han hørte det, gjorde han sig rede og drog bort for å berge livet, og han kom til Be'erseba, som hører til Juda; der lot han sin dreng bli tilbake,

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Cross references

  • Genesis 21:31

    So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

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  • Matthew 26:70–74

    But he denied it before them all: “I do not know what you are talking about.”

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  • Matthew 26:56

    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

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  • Isaiah 51:12–13

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

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  • Amos 7:12–13

    And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

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  • Exodus 2:15

    When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.

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  • 1 Kings 4:25

    Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.

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