1 Kings 18:43

Contextual Overview

⁴¹Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a rainstorm.” ⁴¹ Eliyah said to Ach'av, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. ⁴¹ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. ⁴¹ And Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain." ⁴¹ Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Now, go, eat, and drink, because a heavy rain is coming." ⁴¹ Then Elijah told Ahab, "Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard." ⁴¹Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of the roar of an abundance of rain." ⁴¹ Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower." ⁴¹ And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne. ⁴¹Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the tumult of rain."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Go up: Psalms 5:3, Luke 18:1

Go again: Genesis 32:26, Habakkuk 2:3, Luke 18:7, Ephesians 6:18, Hebrews 10:36, Hebrews 10:37

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:4 - seven times 1 Kings 18:19 - mount Carmel 1 Kings 19:21 - ministered 2 Kings 4:12 - servant Jeremiah 46:18 - Carmel

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said to his servant,.... Whom some take to be the son of the widow of Sarepta, but he must be too young to be employed in such service as this was:

go up now; still higher on Mount Carmel; than where he was, even to the highest point of it:

look towards the sea: or the west, as the Targum, the Mediterranean sea, which lay to the west of the land of Israel:

and he went up and looked, and he said, there is nothing; there was nothing in the sky, or arising out of the sea, that looked like or foreboded rain:

and he said, go again seven times; till he should see something.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Tradition says that Elijah’s servant was the son of the widow of Sarepta 1 Kings 17:23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 18:43. Look toward the sea. — From the top of Mount Carmel the Mediterranean Sea was full in view.