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Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. <a href="/esv/1_kings/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/19.htm">New King James Version</a> So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So he arose and ate and drank, and he journeyed in the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/amp/1_kings/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So he got up and ate and drank, and with the strength of that food he traveled forty days and nights to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God. <a href="/csb/1_kings/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/asv/1_kings/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/1_kings/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So Elijah sat up and ate and drank. The food and water made him strong enough to walk 40 more days. At last, he reached Mount Sinai, the mountain of God, <a href="/erv/1_kings/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> He got up, ate, and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled for 40 days and nights until he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> Elijah got up, ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to walk forty days to Sinai, the holy mountain. <a href="/isv/1_kings/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> So Elijah got up, ate and drank, and survived on that one meal for 40 days and nights as he set out on his journey to Horeb, God's mountain. <a href="/msb/1_kings/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/1_kings/19.htm">NET Bible</a> So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And he got up and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. <a href="/web/1_kings/19.htm">World English Bible</a> He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and he rises, and eats, and drinks, and goes in the power of that food [for] forty days and forty nights, to the mountain of God—Horeb. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God -- Horeb. <a href="/slt/1_kings/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And he will rise and eat and drink, and go in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, even to the mountain of God, Horeb.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And he arose, and ate, and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And he when he had risen up, he ate and drank. And he walked by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God, Horeb. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/19.htm">New American Bible</a> He got up, ate, and drank; then strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights to the mountain of God, Horeb. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> He got up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb the mount of God. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he arose, he ate and drank, and walked in the power of this food forty days and forty nights unto the mountain of God at Khurib.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meal forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. <a href="/sep/1_kings/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to mount Choreb. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/19-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=7560" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/19.htm">Elijah Flees From Jezebel</a> …7A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” 8<a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: way·yā·qām (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">So he got up</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: way·yō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: way·yiš·teh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drank.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3581.htm" title="3581: bə·ḵō·aḥ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or kowach; from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally or figuratively; also a large lizard.">And strengthened</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hî (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">by that</a> <a href="/hebrew/396.htm" title="396: hā·’ă·ḵî·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- An eating, a meal. Feminine from 'akal; something eatable, i.e. Food.">food,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">he walked</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: ’ar·bā·‘îm (Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/705.htm" title="705: wə·’ar·bā·‘îm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Forty. Multiple of arba'; forty.">and forty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lay·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">nights</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until he reached</a> <a href="/hebrew/2722.htm" title="2722: ḥō·rêḇ (N-proper-fs) -- Waste, a mountain in Sinai. From charab; desolate; Choreb, a name for the Sinaitic mountains.">Horeb,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: har (N-msc) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">the mountain</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a> 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. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9</a> 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. I ate no bread and drank no water. <a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a> After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. <a href="/luke/4-2.htm">Luke 4:2</a> where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. <a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a> Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. <a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">Jonah 3:3</a> This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey. <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3</a> After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. <a href="/acts/9-9.htm">Acts 9:9</a> For three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything. <a href="/matthew/17-1.htm">Matthew 17:1-3</a> After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. / There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light. / Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <a href="/mark/9-2.htm">Mark 9:2-4</a> After six days Jesus took with Him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There He was transfigured before them. / His clothes became radiantly white, brighter than any launderer on earth could bleach them. / And Elijah and Moses appeared before them, talking with Jesus. <a href="/hebrews/11-27.htm">Hebrews 11:27</a> By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible. <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1</a> 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. <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a> In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a> He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">2 Corinthians 11:27</a> in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.in the strength<a href="/daniel/1-15.htm">Daniel 1:15</a> And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat.<a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9</a> And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.forty days<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a> And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.<a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a> And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.<a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9,18</a> When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … Horeb<a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1</a> Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a> And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.<a href="/malachi/4-4.htm">Malachi 4:4,5</a> Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-6.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-6.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_kings/15-10.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">Horeb</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-6.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-20.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-7.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-46.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-17.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-21.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/judges/17-8.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-16.htm">Drank</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-17.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Drinketh</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-21.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-34.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/1_kings/20-27.htm">Food</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-10.htm">Horeb</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-20.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">Mount</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">Mountain</a> <a href="/job/2-13.htm">Nights</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">Power</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-32.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-16.htm">Riseth</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-24.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-6.htm">Strengthened</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-19.htm">Traveled</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 19</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/19-1.htm">Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, flees to Beersheba</a> 4. <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">In the desert, being weary of his life, he is comforted by an angel</a> 9. <a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm">At Horeb God appears unto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha</a> 19. <a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">Elisha, taking leave of his friends, follows Elijah</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>So he got up and ate and drank. This phrase follows Elijah's encounter with an angel who provided him with food and drink. The act of eating and drinking signifies physical sustenance, but it also symbolizes spiritual nourishment. In the Bible, angels often serve as messengers and providers of God's care, as seen in <a href="/genesis/21-17.htm">Genesis 21:17-19</a> with Hagar and in <a href="/matthew/4-11.htm">Matthew 4:11</a> with Jesus. Elijah's obedience in eating and drinking reflects his reliance on God's provision, a theme consistent throughout Scripture.And strengthened by that food, The food provided by the angel was not ordinary; it was divinely empowered to sustain Elijah for an extended journey. This miraculous sustenance parallels the manna given to the Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 16), highlighting God's ability to provide for His people in extraordinary ways. It also prefigures the spiritual nourishment believers receive through Christ, the "bread of life" (<a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a>).he walked forty days and forty nights The duration of forty days and nights is significant in biblical numerology, often representing periods of testing, trial, or preparation. This mirrors the forty years the Israelites wandered in the desert (<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33-34</a>) and the forty days Jesus fasted in the wilderness (<a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>). Elijah's journey is a time of spiritual preparation and reflection, aligning him with other pivotal biblical figures who underwent similar trials.until he reached Horeb, Horeb, also known as Mount Sinai, is a place of profound spiritual significance. It is where Moses encountered God in the burning bush (<a href="/exodus/3.htm">Exodus 3:1-2</a>) and where the Ten Commandments were given (Exodus 19-20). Elijah's journey to Horeb signifies a return to the foundational place of God's covenant with Israel, suggesting a renewal of faith and mission.the mountain of God. This designation underscores Horeb's sacred status as a site of divine revelation and encounter. It is a place where God reveals His presence and purposes, as seen in Moses' experiences and later in Elijah's own encounter with God (<a href="/1_kings/19-11.htm">1 Kings 19:11-13</a>). The mountain serves as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate revelation of God (<a href="/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-3</a>), and it foreshadows the transfiguration of Jesus, where He is revealed in glory on a mountain (<a href="/matthew/17.htm">Matthew 17:1-9</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a> A prophet of God who is central to this passage. He is fleeing from Jezebel after a great victory over the prophets of Baal. 2. <a href="/topical/a/angel_of_the_lord.htm">Angel of the Lord</a> A divine messenger who provides Elijah with food and drink, enabling him to continue his journey. 3. <a href="/topical/h/horeb,_the_mountain_of_god.htm">Horeb, the Mountain of God</a> Also known as Mount Sinai, this is a significant location in biblical history where Moses received the Ten Commandments. 4. <a href="/topical/f/forty_days_and_forty_nights.htm">Forty Days and Forty Nights</a> A period of time that signifies a complete and significant spiritual journey or transformation in the Bible. 5. <a href="/topical/j/journey.htm">Journey</a> Elijah's travel to Horeb represents a physical and spiritual journey, seeking refuge and guidance from God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_provision.htm">Divine Provision</a> God provides for our needs, often in unexpected ways. Just as Elijah was sustained by the angel, we can trust in God's provision during our times of need. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_journeys.htm">Spiritual Journeys</a> Our spiritual journeys may require perseverance and faith, much like Elijah's forty-day journey. We should be prepared for times of testing and growth. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god_in_solitude.htm">Seeking God in Solitude</a> Elijah's retreat to Horeb teaches the importance of seeking God in solitude and quietness, away from the chaos of life. <a href="/topical/s/strength_in_weakness.htm">Strength in Weakness</a> God strengthens us in our weakness, enabling us to continue our journey. Elijah's experience reminds us that God's strength is made perfect in our weakness. <a href="/topical/s/significance_of_sacred_places.htm">Significance of Sacred Places</a> Horeb as the "mountain of God" signifies the importance of sacred places where we can encounter God and receive His guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 19</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_elijah's_cave_at_horeb.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence of Elijah’s stay at Mount Horeb, specifically the cave where he lodged? (1 Kings 19:8–9) </a> <a href="/q/how_did_elijah_last_40_days_on_one_meal.htm">How could Elijah survive 40 days and 40 nights on a single meal with no mention of additional nourishment? (1 Kings 19:8) </a> <a href="/q/what's_mount_sinai's_biblical_role.htm">What is Mount Sinai's significance in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reflect_during_lent's_40_days.htm">How do we reflect during the 40 days of Lent?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) Forty days and forty nights.--Unless this time includes, as has been supposed by some, the whole journey to and from Horeb, and the sojourn there, it is far in excess of what would be recorded for a journey of some two hundred miles. It may, therefore, be thought to imply an interval of retirement for rest and solitary meditation, like the sojourn of Moses in Horeb, and the sojourn of our Lord in the wilderness (<a href="/exodus/24-18.htm" title="And Moses went into the middle of the cloud, and got him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.">Exodus 24:18</a>; <a href="/matthew/4-2.htm" title="And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.">Matthew 4:2</a>) during which the spirit of the prophet might be calmed from the alternations of triumph and despondency, to receive the spiritual lesson which awaited him. During all that time he went "in the strength" of the Divine food, that he might know that "man doth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (<a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm" title="And he humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.">Deuteronomy 8:3</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 8. - And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights [Cf. <a href="/exodus/24-18.htm">Exodus 24:18</a>; <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9, 25</a>; <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Jonah 3:4</a>; <a href="/matthew/4-2.htm">Matthew 4:2</a>; <a href="/acts/1-3.htm">Acts 1:3</a>. But the primary reference is perhaps to the "forty days and forty nights" which Moses spent in Horeb, during which he "neither did eat bread nor drink water" (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9</a>), or to the forty years during which Israel was sustained in this same desert with "angels' food" (<a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Psalm 78:25</a>). It is noteworthy how both Moses and Elias were precursors of our Lord in a forty days' fast. "The three great fasters met gloriously on Tabor" (Hall). It is not implied that it took the prophet the whole of this time to reach Horeb, which is only distant from Beer-sheba some 130 miles. "There are eleven days' journey from Horeb, by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh Barnes" (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Deuteronomy 1:2</a>). It is of course possible that he wandered aimlessly hither and thither during this period, but it seems better to understand the words of the whole of his desert sojourn] unto Horeb the mount of God. [See note on 1 Kings 8:9. It is just possible that Horeb was already known as "the mount of God" at the time God appeared to Moses there - the whole of the Sinaitic peninsula was sacred in the eyes of the Egyptians; but it is more probable that this designation is used in <a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1</a> prophetically, and that it was Bestowed on the Mount of the Law because of the special revelation of the Godhead there (<a href="/exodus/3-6.htm">Exodus 3:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/19-3.htm">Exodus 19:3, 11, 18</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/1-6.htm">Deuteronomy 1:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/4-10.htm">Deuteronomy 4:10</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/5-2.htm">Deuteronomy 5:2</a>, etc.)] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/19-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So he got up וַיָּ֖קָם (way·yā·qām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand and ate וַיֹּ֣אכַל (way·yō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat and drank. וַיִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה (way·yiš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> To imbibe And strengthened בְּכֹ֣חַ ׀ (bə·ḵō·aḥ) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3581.htm">Strong's 3581: </a> A small reptile (of unknown species) by that הַהִ֗יא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are food, הָאֲכִילָ֣ה (hā·’ă·ḵî·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_396.htm">Strong's 396: </a> Something eatable, food he walked וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk forty אַרְבָּעִ֥ים (’ar·bā·‘îm) Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> Forty days יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day and forty וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (wə·’ar·bā·‘îm) Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_705.htm">Strong's 705: </a> Forty nights לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> A twist, night, adversity until he reached עַ֛ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while Horeb, חֹרֵֽב׃ (ḥō·rêḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2722.htm">Strong's 2722: </a> Horeb -- 'waste', a mountain in Sinai the mountain הַ֥ר (har) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country of God. הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/19-8.htm">1 Kings 19:8 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-8.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 19:8 He arose and ate and drink (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/19-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 19:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 19:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/19-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 19:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 19:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>