Berean Standard Bible
1 Kings 18:41
41And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
1 Kings 18:41 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
- New International Version (NIV)And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
Context of 1 Kings 18:41
39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” 40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there. And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.” 42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees. 43“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
Read all of 1 Kings 181 Kings 18:41 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לְאַחְאָ֔ב עֲלֵ֖ה אֱכֹ֣ל וּשְׁתֵ֑ה כִּי־ק֖וֹל הֲמ֥וֹן הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃Read the interlinear
- And Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
- saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- to Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
- Go upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- there is the soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
- of a heavyהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
- rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:41
- Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
- Acts 27:34So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”
- 1 Kings 18:1After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
- 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:41
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 41Get thee up, eat and drink - It appears most evidently that Ahab and the prophet were now on good terms, and this is a farther evidence that the slaying of the false prophets was by the king's consent.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 41Get thee up, eat and drink - Ahab had descended the hill-side with Elijah, and witnessed the slaughter of the priests. Elijah now bade him ascend the hill again, and partake of the feast which was already prepared, and which always followed upon a sacrifice. There is a sound of abundance of rain - Either the wind, which in the East usually heralds rain, had begun to rise, and sighed through the forests of Carmel - or perhaps the sound was simply in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 41-46Verses 41-46 Israel, being so far reformed as to acknowledge the Lord to be God, and to consent to the execution of Baal's prophets, was so far accepted, that God poured out blessing upon the land. Elijah long continued praying. Though the answer of our fervent and believing supplications does not come quickly, we must continue earnest in prayer, and not faint or give over. A little cloud at length appeared, which soon overspread the heavens, and watered…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 41-45The servant saw a small cloud on the horizon, about the size of a hand. It signaled the coming of a huge rainstorm.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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