1 Kings 18:41 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:41

And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”

BSB

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ASV

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.

KJV

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

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Commentary

1 voice

Ephrem the Syrian

ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 18:40 (373)

"Elijah said to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of rushing rain.' " Elijah, after acknowledging that the people, thanks to the miracle that he had showed them, had turned away from their evil thoughts, and that the priests of …

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Eat, &c. - Take comfort, and refresh thyself: for neither the king, nor any of the people could have leisure to eat, being wholly intent upon the decision of the great controversy. For there is, &c. - The rain is as certainly coming, as if you heard the noise which it makes.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
לְאַחְאָ֔ב	le.'ach.'Av	to Ahab	H256 →
עֲלֵ֖ה	'a.Leh	go up	H5927 →
אֱכֹ֣ל	'e.Khol	eat	H398 →
וּשְׁתֵ֑ה	u.she.Teh	and drink	H8354 →
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
ק֖וֹל	Kol	[the] sound of	H6963 →
הֲמ֥וֹן	ha.Mon	[the] noise of	H1995 →
הַגָּֽשֶׁם׃	ha.Ga.shem	<the> rain	H1653 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…
leads to
- James 5:17
  Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 4:25–26
  But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all…
- Luke 1:17
  And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
Through
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 3:12–13
  I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- Deuteronomy 12:7
  There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Ecclesiastes 10:19
  A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15
  So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his…
- Ecclesiastes 2:24–26
  Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Kings