1st Kings Chapter 18 verse 41 Holy Bible
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
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Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.
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And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
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Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
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And Elijah saith to Ahab, `Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 41. - And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up [It is clear from the word עֲלֵה that the king had gone down with the crowd to the Kishon. Curiosity had perhaps impelled him to witness the slaughter which he was powerless to prevent. And no doubt he had been profoundly awed by the portent he had just witnessed], eat and drink [It is hardly likely that there was aught of derision in these words. It is extremely probable that the excitement of the ordeal was so intense that the king had barely tasted food all day long. Elijah now bids him eat if he can, after what he has witnessed. There is now, he suggests, no further cause for anxiety or alarm. The people being repentant (vers. 39, 40), and the men who have brought a curse on the land being cut off, the drought can now be abated (cf. 2 Samuel 21:1, 6, 14). The next words assign the reason why he should eat and drink. It is a mistake, however (Ewald, Rawlinson), to suppose that he was bidden to "eat of the feast which always followed a sacrifice," for this was a whole burnt offering and had been entirely consumed (ver. 38). It is probable that the attendants of the king had spread a tent for him upon the plateau, and had brought food for the day along with them]; for there is a sound of abundance of rain [Heb. for a voice of a noise - הָמון; cf. hum, an onomatopoetic word - of rain. Gesenius and Keil think that the prophet could already hear the sound of the drops of rain, but if so, it was only in spirit (cf. ver. 45). The words may refer to the rise of the wind which so often precedes a storm, but it is more probable that Elijah speaks of signs and intimations understood only by himself. This was the "word" of 1 Kings 17:1.]
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(41) Get thee up, eat and drink.--There seems a touch of scorn in these words. Ahab, remaining passive throughout, had descended to the place of slaughter in the valley, looking on silent--if not unmoved--while the priests, whose worship he had openly or tacitly sanctioned, were slain by hundreds. Now Elijah bade him get up to his palace, taking it for granted that, fresh from that horrible sight, he is yet ready to feast, and rejoice over the approaching removal of the judgment, which alone had told on his shallow nature. The king goes to revel, the prophet to pray.
