1 Kings 19:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Kings 19:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Kings 19:8 is a verse from the book of 1 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Kings 19:8 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Kings 19:8 (KJV)
1 Kings 19:8 in Context — About the Book of 1 Kings
1 Kings moves from Solomon's golden age — the temple, legendary wisdom, unmatched wealth — to a kingdom torn in two by pride and idolatry. Elijah bursts in with fire from heaven on Mount Carmel, proving the Lord alone is God. Wisdom sought and wisdom squandered frame the whole book.
Cross-References for 1 Kings 19:8
“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:”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 19:8: eat, drink, forty
“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.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 19:8: went, forty, days
“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. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 19:8: eat, drink, forty
“And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 19:8: eat, went, horeb
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with 1 Kings 19:8: eat, drink, forty
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