8
He got up, ate and drank his fill, and set out. Nourished by that meal, he walked forty days and nights, all the way to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
8
So he got up, ate, and drank. Then on the strength from that food, he walked 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.
1 Kings 19:8 In-Context
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He looked around, and there by his head was some bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
7
The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”
8
So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
9
There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the LORD came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
10
He replied, “I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.”
Cross References 2
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Exodus 24:18; Exodus 34:28; Dt 9:9-11,18; Matthew 4:2