King James Version
1 Kings 19:3 in the King James Version says “And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his ser...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.”
1 Kings 19:3 · KJV
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
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 Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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. for himself: Heb. for his life
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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“And when he saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“that he arose”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“for his life”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which belongeth to Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his servant”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
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