1 Kings 19:8
6 And he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
7 A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
9 There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
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- BSB
- So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
- 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.
- WEB
- He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
- ASV
- And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- And he arose and ate and drank, and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God—Horeb.
- ÅB
- Da sto han opp og spiste og drakk; og styrket ved denne mat gikk han førti dager og førti netter, til han kom til Guds berg, Horeb.
- OTB
- Så sto han opp, spiste og drakk, og reiste i styrken av den maten i førti dager og førti netter til Horeb, Guds fjell.
- B1930
- Da stod han op og åt og drakk; og styrket ved denne mat gikk han firti dager og firti netter, til han kom til Guds berg, Horeb.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 9:18
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
Read in contextExodus 34:28
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Read in contextExodus 24:18
Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Read in contextExodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Read in contextMatthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Read in contextLuke 4:2
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Read in contextMalachi 4:4–5
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
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