1 Kings 18:41

Contextual Overview

⁴¹ And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne. ⁴¹ Eliyah said to Ach'av, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. ⁴¹ Then Elijah said to King Ahab, "Now go eat and drink. A heavy rain is coming." ⁴¹ And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain." ⁴¹Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of an abundance of rain."⁴¹ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. ⁴¹ Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain. ⁴¹ Elijah told Ahab, "Get something to eat and drink. I hear a heavy rain coming." ⁴¹ Then Eliyahu said to Ach'av, "Get up, eat, and drink, because I hear the sound of heavy rain." ⁴¹ And Elijah said unto Ahab: 'Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.'

Bible Verse Review
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Get: Ecclesiastes 9:7, Acts 27:34

a sound: etc. or, a sound of a noise of rain, 1 Kings 18:1, 1 Kings 17:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:10 - until water 2 Samuel 21:14 - God 2 Kings 9:34 - he did eat Job 36:33 - noise Psalms 106:30 - General Psalms 135:7 - He causeth Jeremiah 10:13 - He causeth Zechariah 10:1 - rain in

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elijah said unto Ahab, get thee up,.... From the brook and valley where the execution of the prophets had been made; either up to his chariot, or to the tent or pavilion erected on the side of the mount, where the whole scene of things was transacted;

eat and drink; which he had no leisure for all the day, from the time of the morning sacrifice to the evening sacrifice, which was taken up in attending to the issue of the several sacrifices; but now he is bid to eat and refresh himself, and that in token of joy and gladness, as became him, both for the honour of the true God, which had been abundantly confirmed, and for the near approach of rain, of which he assures him:

for there is a sound of abundance of rain; the wind perhaps began to rise, and blow pretty briskly, which was a sign of it f; besides, according to the Tyrian annals g, there were loud claps of thunder at this time, at least when the heavens became very black, as in

1 Kings 18:45.

f "Fit fragor, hinc densi----nimbi", Ovid. Metamorph. l. 1. Fab. 8. v. 269. g Apud Joseph, Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Get thee up, eat and drink - Ahab had descended the hill-side with Elijah, and witnessed the slaughter of the priests. Elijah now bade him ascend the hill again, and partake of the feast which was already prepared, and which always followed upon a sacrifice.

There is a sound of abundance of rain - Either the wind, which in the East usually heralds rain, had begun to rise, and sighed through the forests of Carmel - or perhaps the sound was simply in the prophet’s ears, a mysterious intimation to him that the drought was to end, and rain to come that day.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 18:41. Get thee up, eat and drink — It appears most evidently that Ahab and the prophet were now on good terms, and this is a farther evidence that the slaying of the false prophets was by the king's consent.