^{9 Ref} And he saith, `What have I sinned, that thou art giving thy servant into the hand of Ahab -- to put me to death?

^{10 Ref} Jehovah thy God liveth, if there is a nation and kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee; and they said, He is not, then he caused the kingdom and the nation to swear, that it doth not find thee;

^{11 Ref} and now, thou art saying, Go, say to thy lord, Lo, Elijah;

^{12 Ref} and it hath been, I go from thee, and the Spirit of Jehovah doth lift thee up, whither I know not, and I have come to declare to Ahab, and he doth not find thee, and he hath slain me; and thy servant is fearing Jehovah from my youth.

^{13 Ref} `Hath it not been declared to my lord that which I have done in Jezebel's slaying the prophets of Jehovah, that I hide of the prophets of Jehovah a hundred men, fifty by fifty in a cave, and sustained them with bread and water?

^{14 Ref} and now thou art saying, Go, say to my lord, Lo, Elijah -- and he hath slain me!'