1-kings 18:41

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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

American King James Version (AKJV)

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

American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Basic English Translation (BBE)

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

Webster's Revision

And Elijah said to Ahab, Go 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."

English Revised Version (ERV)

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

Clarke's 1-kings 18:41 Bible Commentary

Get thee up, eat and drink - It appears most evidently that Ahab and the prophet were now on good terms, and this is a farther evidence that the slaying of the false prophets was by the king's consent.

Barnes's 1-kings 18:41 Bible Commentary

Get thee up, eat and drink - Ahab had descended the hill-side with Elijah, and witnessed the slaughter of the priests. Elijah now bade him ascend the hill again, and partake of the feast which was already prepared, and which always followed upon a sacrifice.

There is a sound of abundance of rain - Either the wind, which in the East usually heralds rain, had begun to rise, and sighed through the forests of Carmel - or perhaps the sound was simply in the prophet's ears, a mysterious intimation to him that the drought was to end, and rain to come that day.

Wesley's 1-kings 18:41 Bible Commentary

18:41 Get up — From the river, where he had been present at the slaughter of Baal's priests, to thy tent: which probably was pitched on the side of Carmel.

Eat, … — Take comfort, and refresh thyself: for neither the king, nor any of the people could have leisure to eat, being wholly intent upon the decision of the great controversy.

For there is, … — The rain is as certainly coming, as if you heard the noise which it makes.

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