1 Kings 19:8

Contextual Overview

¹ Now Ahab tolde Iezebel all that Eliiah had done, and how he had slaine all the prophets with the sword. ¹ Ach'av told Izevel all that Eliyah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ¹ King Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah did and how Elijah had killed all the prophets of Baal with a sword. ¹ Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ¹Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets [of Baal] with the sword. ¹ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ¹ Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword. ¹ Ahab told his wife Jezebel what Elijah had done and that he had killed the prophets. ¹ Ach'av told Izevel everything Eliyahu had done and how he had put all the prophets to the sword. ¹ And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

Bible Verse Review
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in the strength: Daniel 1:15, 2 Corinthians 12:9

forty days: Exodus 24:18, Exodus 34:28, Deuteronomy 9:9, Deuteronomy 9:18, Matthew 4:2, Mark 1:13, Luke 4:2

Horeb: Exodus 3:1, Exodus 19:18, Malachi 4:4, Malachi 4:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 7:12 - forty Exodus 4:27 - the mount Exodus 18:5 - General Acts 1:3 - forty Acts 7:30 - there

Cross-References

Genesis 18:5
And I will bring a morsell of bread, that you may comfort your hearts, afterward ye shall go your wayes: for therefore are ye come to your seruant. And they said, Do euen as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:5
And take a morsel of bread and sustain your hearts; after that you shall go on your way, since you have come to your servant. And they said, So do as you have said.

Genesis 18:5
I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

Genesis 18:5
I will get some food for you, and you can eat as much as you want. Then you can continue your journey." The three men said, "Do as you wish."

Genesis 18:5
while I bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh yourselves, and after that you may pass on—since you have come to your servant." So they said, "Do as you have said."

Genesis 18:5
and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

Genesis 18:5
And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

Genesis 18:5
Let me get you some food to give you strength before you leave. I would be honored to serve you." "Thank you very much," they answered. "We accept your offer."

Genesis 18:5
and I will bring a piece of bread. Now that you have come to your servant, refresh yourselves before going on." "Very well," they replied, "do what you have said."

Genesis 18:5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread; and refresh yourselves; after that ye shall pass on; for therefore have ye passed on towards your servant. And they said, So do as thou hast said.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he arose, and did eat and drink,.... Of what was left of the cake and cruse of water, before provided for him:

and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God; for so long he was going to that place, though it might have been gone in three or four days; but he went in byways, and wandered about in the wilderness, as the Israelites did, and that for the space of forty days, as they did near forty years; and all this while he had no other sustenance than what he had taken under the juniper tree, from whence he set out, which must be supernatural; for it is said t, a man cannot live without food beyond seven days, :- the food either staying in his stomach all this while, or however the nutritive virtue of it, by which he was supported, and held out till he came to Horeb or Sinai; called the mount of the Lord, because here he had appeared to Moses in the bush, and from hence gave the law to the children of Israel. Abarbinel is of opinion that this term of forty days was consumed in his whole journey to Horeb, his stay there, and return to the land of Israel.

t Macrob. in Soma Scipion. l. 1. c. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The old commentators generally understood this to mean that Elijah had no other food at all, and compared this long fast with that of Moses and that of our Lord (marginal references). But the words do not exclude the notion of the prophet’s having obtained such nourishment from roots and fruits as the desert offers to a wanderer, though these alone would not have sustained him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:8. Forty days and forty nights — So he fasted just the same time as Moses did at Horeb, and as Christ did in the wilderness.