1 Kings 19:8 (YLT)

Passage

and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God--Horeb.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:6 and he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake <FI>baken on<Fi> burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.

1 Kings 19:7 And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back a second time, and cometh against him, and saith, `Rise, eat, for the way is too great for thee;'

1 Kings 19:8 and he riseth, and eateth, and drinketh, and goeth in the power of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God--Horeb.

1 Kings 19:9 And he cometh in there, unto the cave, and lodgeth there, and lo, the word of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> unto him, and saith to him, `What--to thee, here, Elijah?'

1 Kings 19:10 And he saith, `I have been very zealous for Jehovah, God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant--Thine altars they have thrown down, and Thy prophets they have slain by the sword, and I am left, I, by myself, and they seek my life--to take it.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "riseth", "eateth", "drinketh", "goeth", "power", "food", "forty", and "days". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "riseth" and "eateth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And the messenger of Jehovah turneth back..." into verse 9's "And he cometh in there unto the...", so "riseth" and "eateth" 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 "riseth" and "eateth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.