^{1 Ref} And Ahab declareth to Jezebel all that Elijah did, and all how he slew all the prophets by the sword,

^{2 Ref} and Jezebel sendeth a messenger unto Elijah, saying, `Thus doth the gods, and thus do they add, surely about this time to-morrow, I make thy life as the life of one of them.'

^{3 Ref} And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that `is' Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,