1 Kings 19:8 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 19:8

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Forty days and forty nights - So he fasted just the same time as Moses did at Horeb, and as Christ did in the wilderness.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

And went - He wandered hither and thither for forty days, 'till at last he came to Horeb, which in the direct road was not above three or four days journey.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thither the Spirit of the Lord led him, probably beyond his own intention, that he might have communion with God in the same place where Moses had, the law that was given by Moses being revived by him. The angel bade him eat the second time, because of the greatness of the journey that was before him,

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּ֖קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
וַיֹּ֣אכַל	vai.Yo.khal	and he ate	H398 →
וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה	vai.yish.Teh	and he drank	H8354 →
וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
בְּכֹ֣חַ׀	be.Kho.ach	in [the] strength of	H3581 →
הָאֲכִילָ֣ה	ha.'a.khi.Lah	the food	H396 →
הַהִ֗יא	ha.Hi'	<the> that	H1931 →
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים	'ar.ba.'Im	forty	H705 →
יוֹם֙	yOm	day[s]	H3117 →
וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים	ve.'ar.ba.'Im	and forty	H705 →
לַ֔יְלָה	Lay.lah	night[s]	H3915 →
עַ֛ד	'ad	to	H5704 →
הַ֥ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
חֹרֵֽב׃	cho.Rev	Horeb	H2722 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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.

Through
Matthew 4:2
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:18
  Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 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.…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- 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.
Through
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.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 9:25
  So I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said He would destroy you.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Exodus 34:1
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
Through
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.
leads to
- Exodus 17:6
  Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in…
- Psalms 78:70–72
  He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;