1 Kings 18:41

World English Bible (2000)

Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."
  • 1 Kgs 18:1 : 1 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth."
  • Eccl 9:7 : 7 Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
  • Acts 27:34 : 34 Therefore I beg you to take some food, for this is for your safety; for not a hair will perish from any of your heads."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 18:42-46
    5 verses
    82%

    42So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

    43He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." He went up, and looked, and said, "There is nothing." He said, "Go again" seven times.

    44It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

    45It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

    46The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth."

    2Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-4
    4 verses
    77%

    1Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

    2The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

    3"Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

    4It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

  • 1 Kgs 21:28
    77%

    28The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 19:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8He arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the Mount of God.

    9He came there to a cave, and lodged there; and behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, and he said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
    74%

    11Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."'

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
    2 verses
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    17The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

  • 1 Kgs 18:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

    17It happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, "Is that you, you troubler of Israel?"

  • 1 Kgs 17:13-15
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    73%

    13Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me of it a little cake first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.

    14For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"

    15She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.

  • 1 Kgs 17:6-8
    3 verses
    73%

    6The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

    7It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

    8The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

  • Jas 5:17-18
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    72%

    17Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.

    18He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    72%

    40Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let one of them escape!" They seized them. Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.

  • 1 Kgs 18:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13Wasn't it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of Yahweh, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

    14Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here;"' and he will kill me."

  • 1 Kgs 18:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35The water ran around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

    36It happened at the time of the offering of the offering, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, "Yahweh, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
    72%

    15The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." He arose, and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:19-20
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    71%

    19Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and four hundred fifty of the prophets of Baal, and four hundred of the prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table."

    20So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

    5Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."

  • Deut 11:14
    71%

    14that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.

  • 2 Kgs 3:17
    70%

    17For thus says Yahweh, 'You will not see wind, neither will you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your animals.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
    70%

    13It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    70%

    13Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"

  • 2 Kgs 1:4
    70%

    4Now therefore thus says Yahweh, "You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die."'" Elijah departed.

  • 1 Kgs 18:25
    70%

    25Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one bull for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it."

  • Zech 10:1
    70%

    1Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    70%

    21He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:27
    69%

    27It happened at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, "Cry aloud; for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he sleeps and must be awakened."

  • 1 Kgs 13:19
    69%

    19So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    69%

    9Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"

  • 1 Kgs 19:6
    69%

    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 laid down again.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1
    69%

    1Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.