1 Kings 18:45

in the mean while [R.V. in a little while] The literal sense is -until so and until so." The expression is probably borrowed from a waving of the hand backward and forward, and means -before you could do that." Hence -in a little while" seems to be the better rendering.

And Ahab rode The LXX. says -Ahab wept." Ahab made his way to his palace (see 1 Kings 21:2) at Jezreel, that he might report to Jezebel what had happened. Jezreel stood in the plain of Jezreel, in the tribe of Issachar, and became one of the most famous of the royal residences of the kings of Israel.