1 Kings 19:8
6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
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.
9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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Compare
- 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
And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Read in contextExodus 34:28
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Read in contextExodus 24:18
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Read in contextExodus 3:1
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Read in contextMatthew 4:2
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Read in contextLuke 4:2
Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Read in contextMalachi 4:4–5
Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
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