^{9 Ref} And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

^{10 Ref} As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

^{11 Ref} And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah `is here'.

^{12 Ref} And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he will slay me: but I thy servant fear Jehovah from my youth.

^{13 Ref} Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

^{14 Ref} And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah `is here'; and he will slay me.