Elijah was afraid, ¹  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

biblegateway 1Ki 19:3

And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Then Elijah became afraid and immediately ran for his life. When he came to Beer-sheba that belonged to Judah, he left his servant there,

Frightened, Elijah fled to save his life. He came to Beersheba in Judah and left his servant there.

biblegateway 1Ki 19:3

Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

bibleoremus 1Ki 19:3

Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

In fear he fled for his life, and when he reached Beersheba in Judah he left his servant there,

biblegateway 1Ki 19:3

And when he saw that , he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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.

biblegateway 1Ki 19:3

Elijah was afraid, ¹  so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

¹ tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew mss as well as several ancient versions support the reading “he was afraid.” The consonantal text (וַיַּרְא, vayyar’) is ambiguous and can be vocalized וַיַּרְא (from רָאָה, ra’ah, “to see”) or וַיִּרָא (vayyira’, from יָרֵא, yare’, “to fear”).