1 Kings 19:8

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.

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1 Kings 19:8 in other translations

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.

1 Kings 19:8 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 19:8 in context

  1. 6He looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
  2. 7Yahweh’s angel came again the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
  3. 8He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, God’s Mountain.
  4. 9He came to a cave there, and camped there; and behold, Yahweh’s word came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
  5. 10He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”