1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 19:3 he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life. The shock of Jezebel’s resistance after Mount Carmel has led Elijah to forget to trust God. He flees to Beersheba in the far south of the Promised Land—as far away from Jezebel as he can get. The distance was about 120 miles (193 km), which would have taken an ordinary single traveler around six days.

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