1 Kings 19:8 “So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walk…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then he arose, and did eate and drinke, and walked in the strength of that meate fourtie dayes and fourtie nights, vnto Horeb the mount of God.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

So he got up and took food and drink, and in the strength of that food he went on for forty days and nights, to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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Cross references

“in the strength”

2 Corinthians 12:9 Daniel 1:15

2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Daniel 1:15 · BSB

And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who were eating the king’s food.

“forty days”

Exodus 34:28 Deuteronomy 9:18 Exodus 24:18 Matthew 4:2 Mark 1:13 Luke 4:2

Exodus 34:28 · BSB

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.

Deuteronomy 9:18 · BSB

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 had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD…

Exodus 24:18 · BSB

Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

Matthew 4:2 · BSB

After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.

Mark 1:13 · BSB

and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

Luke 4:2 · BSB

where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.

“Horeb”

Exodus 3:1 Exodus 19:18 Malachi 4:4 Malachi 4:5

Exodus 3:1 · BSB

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.

Exodus 19:18 · BSB

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

Malachi 4:4 · BSB

“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

Malachi 4:5 · BSB

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

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

In context

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.”

9There Elijah entered a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

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