Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version 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. New Living Translation So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible 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. King James Bible 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 King James Version 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. New American Standard Bible So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. NASB 1995 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. NASB 1977 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. Legacy Standard Bible So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. Amplified Bible So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God. Christian Standard Bible So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. Holman Christian Standard Bible So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he arose, he ate and drank, and walked in the power of this food forty days and forty nights unto the mountain of God at Khurib. Brenton Septuagint Translation And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb. Contemporary English Version So Elijah sat up and ate and drank. The food and water made him strong enough to walk 40 more days. At last, he reached Mount Sinai, the mountain of God, Douay-Rheims Bible And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation 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. Good News Translation Elijah got up, ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to walk forty days to Sinai, the holy mountain. International Standard Version So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. Literal Standard Version and he rises, and eats, and drinks, and goes in the power of that food [for] forty days and forty nights, to the mountain of God—Horeb. Majority Standard Bible 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. New American Bible He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. NET Bible So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. New Revised Standard Version He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. New Heart English Bible And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain. Young's Literal Translation and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Elijah Flees From Jezebel…7A 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.” 8So 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. Cross References Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. Luke 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. Exodus 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. Exodus 4:27 Meanwhile, the LORD had said to Aaron, "Go and meet Moses in the wilderness." So he went and met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him. Exodus 24:18 Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. Exodus 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. Deuteronomy 9:9 When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water. Treasury of Scripture And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. in the strength Daniel 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. 2 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. forty days Exodus 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. Exodus 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. Deuteronomy 9:9,18 When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … Horeb Exodus 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. Exodus 19:18 And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. Malachi 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… Jump to Previous Ate Drank Drink Drinketh Eat Eateth Food Forty Horeb Meal Meat Mount Mountain Nights Power Reached Riseth Strength Strengthened TraveledJump to Next Ate Drank Drink Drinketh Eat Eateth Food Forty Horeb Meal Meat Mount Mountain Nights Power Reached Riseth Strength Strengthened Traveled1 Kings 19 1. Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beersheba4. In the desert, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel 9. At Horeb God appears unto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha 19. Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah (8) Forty days and forty nights.--Unless this time includes, as has been supposed by some, the whole journey to and from Horeb, and the sojourn there, it is far in excess of what would be recorded for a journey of some two hundred miles. It may, therefore, be thought to imply an interval of retirement for rest and solitary meditation, like the sojourn of Moses in Horeb, and the sojourn of our Lord in the wilderness (Exodus 24:18; Matthew 4:2) during which the spirit of the prophet might be calmed from the alternations of triumph and despondency, to receive the spiritual lesson which awaited him. During all that time he went "in the strength" of the Divine food, that he might know that "man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Deuteronomy 8:3).Verse 8. - And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights [Cf. Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28; Deuteronomy 9:9, 25; Jonah 3:4; Matthew 4:2; Acts 1:3. But the primary reference is perhaps to the "forty days and forty nights" which Moses spent in Horeb, during which he "neither did eat bread nor drink water" (Deuteronomy 9:9), or to the forty years during which Israel was sustained in this same desert with "angels' food" (Psalm 78:25). It is noteworthy how both Moses and Elias were precursors of our Lord in a forty days' fast. "The three great fasters met gloriously on Tabor" (Hall). It is not implied that it took the prophet the whole of this time to reach Horeb, which is only distant from Beer-sheba some 130 miles. "There are eleven days' journey from Horeb, by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnes" (Deuteronomy 1:2). It is of course possible that he wandered aimlessly hither and thither during this period, but it seems better to understand the words of the whole of his desert sojourn] unto Horeb the mount of God. [See note on 1 Kings 8:9. It is just possible that Horeb was already known as "the mount of God" at the time God appeared to Moses there - the whole of the Sinaitic peninsula was sacred in the eyes of the Egyptians; but it is more probable that this designation is used in Exodus 3:1 prophetically, and that it was Bestowed on the Mount of the Law because of the special revelation of the Godhead there (Exodus 3:6; Exodus 19:3, 11, 18; Deuteronomy 1:6; Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 5:2, etc.)] Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So he got upוַיָּ֖קָם (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand and ate וַיֹּ֣אכַל (way·yō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat and drank. וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (way·yiš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8354: To imbibe And strengthened בְּכֹ֣חַ ׀ (bə·ḵō·aḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) by that הַהִ֗יא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are food, הָאֲכִילָ֣ה (hā·’ă·ḵî·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 396: Something eatable, food he walked וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk forty אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural Strong's 705: Forty days יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day and forty וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural Strong's 705: Forty nights לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity until he reached עַ֛ד (‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Horeb, חֹרֵֽב׃ (ḥō·rêḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2722: Horeb -- 'waste', a mountain in Sinai the mountain הַ֥ר (har) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country of God. הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links 1 Kings 19:8 NIV1 Kings 19:8 NLT 1 Kings 19:8 ESV 1 Kings 19:8 NASB 1 Kings 19:8 KJV 1 Kings 19:8 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 19:8 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 19:8 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 19:8 French Bible 1 Kings 19:8 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 19:8 He arose and ate and drink (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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