1 Kings 19:3

What does 1 Kings 19:3 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Kings 19:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that <FI>is<Fi> Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

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

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.2Then 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.

v.3This passage

v.4But 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 Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 51:12

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass;

  • 2 Corinthians 12:7

    And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

  • Matthew 26:56

    But all this is come to pass, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

  • Matthew 26:70

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

  • Amos 7:12

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

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