1 Kings 19:8 (LSB)

Passage

So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:6 Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

1 Kings 19:7 And the angel of Yahweh came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you.”

1 Kings 19:8 So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.

1 Kings 19:9 Then he 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 Kings 19:10 And he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "arose", "drank", "went", "strength", "food", "forty", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "arose" and "drank", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And the angel of Yahweh came again..." into verse 9's "Then he came there to a cave...", so "arose" and "drank" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "arose" and "drank" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.