1 Kings 18:45 (YLT)

Passage

And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black--thick clouds and wind--and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:43 and saith unto his young man, `Go up, I pray thee, look attentively the way of the sea;' and he goeth up and looketh attentively, and saith, `There is nothing;' and he saith, `Turn back,' seven times.

1 Kings 18:44 And it cometh to pass, at the seventh, that he saith, `Lo, a little thickness as the palm of a man is coming up out of the sea.' And he saith, `Go up, say unto Ahab, `Bind--and go down, and the shower doth not restrain thee.'

1 Kings 18:45 And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black--thick clouds and wind--and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,

1 Kings 18:46 and the hand of Jehovah hath been on Elijah, and he girdeth up his loins, and runneth before Ahab, till thine entering Jezreel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cometh", "pass", "meantime", "heavens", "become", "black--thick", "clouds", and "wind--and". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cometh" and "pass", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 44's "And it cometh to pass at the..." into verse 46's "and the hand of Jehovah hath been...", so "cometh" and "pass" 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 "cometh" and "pass" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.