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1 Kings 19:3

JudahBeersheba
FearExhaustionDiscouragement and depressionLoneliness

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.

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.

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.

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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

    Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.

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  • Matthew 26:70–74

    But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.

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  • Matthew 26:56

    But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    And 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.

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  • Isaiah 51:12–13

    I, 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;

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  • Amos 7:12–13

    Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

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  • Exodus 2:15

    Now 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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  • 1 Kings 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.

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