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1 Kings 18:41

AhabElijah
Faith

39 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”

40 Then 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.”

42 So 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.”

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BSB
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
KJV
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
WEB
Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
ASV
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
DARBY
And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
BLB
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the roar of the rain.”
ÅB
Så sa Elias til Akab: Gå nå opp og et og drikk! For jeg hører regnet suse.
OTB
Elia sa da til Akab: "Gå opp, spis og drikk; for det er lyden av et mektig regnvær."
B1930
Så sa Elias til Akab: Gå nu op og et og drikk! For jeg hører regnet suse.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 18:1

    After 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.”

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

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  • 1 Kings 17:1

    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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  • Acts 27:34

    So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

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