God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 19:8
8He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Kings 19:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
- New International Version (NIV)So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.
Context of 1 Kings 19:8
6When he looked, he saw near his head some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water. So he ate, drank, and went to sleep again. 7The angel of the Lord came back and woke him up again. The angel said, “Get up and eat, or your journey will be too much for you.” He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 9There he went into a cave and spent the night. Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah. He asked, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10He answered, “Lord God of Armies, I have eagerly served you. The Israelites have abandoned your promises, torn down your altars, and executed your prophets. I’m the only one left, and they’re trying to take my life.”
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וַיָּ֖קָם וַיֹּ֣אכַל וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ בְּכֹ֣חַ׀ הָאֲכִילָ֣ה הַהִ֗יא אַרְבָּעִ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים לַ֔יְלָה עַ֛ד הַ֥ר הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים חֹרֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- and did eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- and wentיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- in the strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
- of that meatאֲכִילָה'ăkîylâh · foodH396
- fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- nightsלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
- unto Horebחֹרֵבchôrêb · HorebH2722
- the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for 1 Kings 19:8
- Daniel 1:15After ten days they looked healthier and stronger than the young men who had been eating the king’s rich food.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9But he told me: “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.” So I will brag even more about my weaknesses in order that Christ’s power will live in me.
- Exodus 24:18Moses entered the cloud as he went up the mountain. He stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights.
- Exodus 34:28Moses was there with the Lord 40 days and 40 nights without food or water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the promise, the ten commandments.
- Deuteronomy 9:9When I went up on the mountain to get the stone tablets, the tablets of the promise that the Lord made to you, I stayed on the mountain 40 days and 40 nights without food or water.
- Matthew 4:2Jesus did not eat anything for 40 days and 40 nights. At the end of that time, he was hungry.
- Mark 1:13where he was tempted by Satan for 40 days. He was there with the wild animals, and the angels took care of him.
- Luke 4:2where he was tempted by the devil for 40 days. During those days Jesus ate nothing, so when they were over, he was hungry.
- Exodus 3:1Moses was taking care of the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. As he led the sheep to the far side of the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
- Exodus 19:18All of Mount Sinai was covered with smoke because the Lord had come down on it in fire. Smoke rose from the mountain like the smoke from a kiln, and the whole mountain shook violently.
- Malachi 4:4“Remember the teachings of my servant Moses, the rules and regulations that I gave to him at Horeb for all Israel.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Forty days and forty nights - So he fasted just the same time as Moses did at Horeb, and as Christ did in the wilderness.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The old commentators generally understood this to mean that Elijah had no other food at all, and compared this long fast with that of Moses and that of our Lord (marginal references). But the words do not exclude the notion of the prophet‘s having obtained such nourishment from roots and fruits as the desert offers to a wanderer, though these alone would not have sustained him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Elijah was determined to reach Mount Sinai, a journey of about 200 miles. This trip did not need to take forty days and nights. Elijah might have traveled at a symbolic pace, reflecting Israel's history. Moses spent forty days on Mount Sinai, and Israel wandered in the wilderness for forty years (Numbers 14:33–34; Deuteronomy 1:2–3). The number forty sometimes symbolized a complete period of testing (Genesis 7:4; Psalm 95:10; Jonah 3:4; Matthew 4:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-184-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in a better but not wholly right frame of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 19
- 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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