1 Kings 18:41

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.”
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a mighty rainstorm coming!”

Context of 1 Kings 18:41

39And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God." 40And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there. And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain." 42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel. And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees. 43And he said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." And he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go again," seven times.

1 Kings 18:41 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לְאַחְאָ֔ב עֲלֵ֖ה אֱכֹ֣ל וּשְׁתֵ֑ה כִּי־ק֖וֹל הֲמ֥וֹן הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Elijahאֵלִיָּה'êlîyâh 'êlîyâhû · ElijahH452
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Ahabאַחְאָב'ach'âb 'echâb · AhabH256
• Get thee upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• a soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of abundanceהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653

Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:41

• Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
• Acts 27:34Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it will give you strength, for not a hair is to perish from the head of any of you."
• 1 Kings 18:1After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth."
• 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by 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

Topics related to 1 Kings 18:41

• Ahab
• Carmel
• Elijah
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• Miracles
• Prayer
• Rain

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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