KJV King James Version
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
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1 Kings 18:41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”
WEB World English Bible
Elijah said to Ahab, “Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.”
ASV American Standard Version
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Elijah saith to Ahab, ‘Go up, eat and drink, because of the sound of the noise of the shower.’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 18
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that [was] in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.
40 And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
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1 Kings 18:1And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Ecclesiastes 9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.Acts 27:34Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you.
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