1 Kings 18:41 “And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound…”

1 Kings 18:41

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Eliiah sayde vnto Ahab, Get thee vp, eate and drinke, for there is a sound of much rayne.

Darby Translation

And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.

Young's Literal Translation

And Elijah saith to Ahab, 'Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'

Bible in Basic English

Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

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Cross references

“Get”

Ecclesiastes 9:7 Acts 27:34

Ecclesiastes 9:7 · BSB

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Acts 27:34 · BSB

So for your own preservation, I urge you to eat something, because not a single hair of your head will be lost.”

“a sound, etc”

1 Kings 18:1 1 Kings 17:1

1 Kings 18:1 · BSB

After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

40Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

42So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the summit of Carmel, bent down on the ground, and put his face between his knees.

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