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Elijah runs away

19 King Ahab told Jezebel about everything that Elijah had done. He told her how Elijah had killed all Baal's prophets with a sword. So Jezebel sent someone with this message to Elijah: ‘By this time tomorrow, I will make sure that you are dead, the same as Baal's prophets! If I do not do that, I pray that the gods will kill me instead.’

Elijah became very afraid. He ran away to save his life. He arrived at Beersheba in Judah.[a] He left his servant there.

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  1. 19:3 Beersheba was in the south of Judah.

Elijah runs away

19 King Ahab told Jezebel about everything that Elijah had done. He told her how Elijah had killed all Baal's prophets with a sword. So Jezebel sent someone with this message to Elijah: ‘By this time tomorrow, I will make sure that you are dead, the same as Baal's prophets! If I do not do that, I pray that the gods will kill me instead.’

Elijah became very afraid. He ran away to save his life. He arrived at Beersheba in Judah.[a] He left his servant there.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:3 Beersheba was in the south of Judah.