“When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. 1 Kings 19 contains 21 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.