1 Kings 18:45
in 1 Kings 18Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
KJV
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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This verse in 1 Kings 18
Commentary
6 notes on this verseIn my opinion Elijah accorded a great honor to Ahab, of which he was unworthy, when he ran in front of him like a servant. And there are two reasons for this. In the first place, [the prophet intended] to comfort with his company the …
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
If Ahab had paid the respect to Elijah that he deserved he would have taken him into his chariot, as the eunuch did Philip, that he might honour him before the elders of Israel, and confer with him further about the reformation of the kingdom. But his corruptions got the better of his convictions, and he was glad to get clear of him, as Felix of Paul, when he dismi
Great blessings often arise from small beginnings, and showers of plenty from a cloud of a span long. Let us therefore never despise the day of small things, but hope and wait for great things from it. This was not as a morning cloud, which passes away (though Israel's goodness was so), but one that produced a plentiful rain ( Ps. lxviii.
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9 And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? 10 As the L ORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
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And it came to pass in the mean while,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel--now Zerin, a distance of about ten miles. This race was performed in the midst of a tempest of rain. But all rejoiced at it, as diffusing a sudden refreshment over all the land of Jezreel.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| כֹּ֣ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| וְעַד־ | vead- | and until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| כֹּ֗ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ | vehashamayim | and the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙ | hitkaderu | they grew dark | H6937 → | |
| עָבִ֣ים | ʾavim | clouds | H5645 → | |
| וְר֔וּחַ | veruach | and wind | H7307 → | 378 times |
| וַיְהִ֖י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גֶּ֣שֶׁם | geshem | rain | H1653 → | 35 times |
| גָּד֑וֹל | gadol | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב | vaiyirkav | and he rode | H7392 → | 78 times |
| אַחְאָ֖ב | ʾachav | Ahab | H256 → | 92 times |
| וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃ | yizreelah | Jezreel towards | H3157 → | 36 times |
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
כֹּ֣הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
וְעַד־and until
vead-H5704 →1261 times
כֹּ֗הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
וְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙and the heavens
vehashamayimH8064 →421 times
הִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙they grew dark
hitkaderuH6937 →
עָבִ֣יםclouds
ʾavimH5645 →
וְר֔וּחַand wind
veruachH7307 →378 times
וַיְהִ֖יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
גֶּ֣שֶׁםrain
geshemH1653 →35 times
גָּד֑וֹלgreat
gadolH1419 →526 times
וַיִּרְכַּ֥בand he rode
vaiyirkavH7392 →78 times
אַחְאָ֖בAhab
ʾachavH256 →92 times
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
יִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃Jezreel towards
yizreelahH3157 →36 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 17:16“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
it leads to
- Judges 6:33
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 1:19
The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had chariots of iron.
- 1 Kings 4:12
Baana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- Judges 4:3
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.
- Judges 6:33
Through
Joshua 19:18Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 4:8
One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
- 1 Samuel 28:4
Through
1 Kings 21:1Some time later, Naboth the Jezreelite happened to own a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.
it leads to
- Joshua 19:18
Their territory included Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- 1 Kings 18:45–46
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
- Joshua 19:18
Where this verse is studied
About 1 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonDivided kingdomAhabSeventh king of the northern kingdom, son of Omri, who "did evil above all that were before him"; Elijah's chief antagonist, conde…
- PlaceNorthern IsraelJezreelAhab's summer capital beside Naboth's vineyard; the city of the dogs' prophecy, where Jezebel fell and Jehu's wheels rolled.
This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 18:46; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.