1 Kings 18:43

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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servant	נַעֲר֗וֹ na.'a.Ro	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
up	עֲלֵֽה 'a.leh-	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
look	הַבֵּ֣ט ha.Bet	H5027	to scan · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
toward	דֶּֽרֶךְ de.rekh-	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
sea	יָ֔ם Yam	H3220	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water · noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	וַיַּ֙עַל֙ vai.Ya.'al	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
looked	וַיַּבֵּ֔ט vai.ya.Bet	H5027	to scan · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֖אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
nothing	מְא֑וּמָה me.'U.mah	H3972	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
said	וַיֹּ֕אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
again	שֻׁ֖ב shuv	H7725	to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
seven	שֶׁ֥בַע She.va'	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
times	פְּעָמִֽים pe.'a.Mim	H6471	a stroke · noun, common masculine plural absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Habakkuk 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surel…
Luke 18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Genesis 32:26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Psalms 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Ephesians 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Hebrews 10:36-37 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:41–end

Israel being thus far reformed that they had acknowledged the Lord to be God, and had consented to the execution of Baal's prophets, that they might not seduce them any more, though this was far short of a thorough reformation, yet it was so far accepted that God thereupon opened the bottles of heaven, and poured out blessings upon his land, that very evening (as it should seem) on which they did this good work, which should have confirmed them in their reformation; see Hag 2:18, Hag 2:19. I. Elijah sent Ahab to eat and drink, for joy that God had now accepted his works, and that rain was coming; see Ecc 9:7. Ahab had continued fasting all day, either religiously, it being a day of prayer, o…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:43

Go up now, look toward the sea--From the place of worship there is a small eminence, which, on the west and northwest side, intercepts the view of the sea [STANLEY; VAN DE VELDE]. It can be ascended in a few minutes, and presents a wide prospect of the Mediterranean. Six times the servant went up, but the sky was clear--the sea tranquil. On the seventh he described the sign of approaching rain [Kg1 18:44].

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:43

Look toward the sea - From the top of Mount Carmel the Mediterranean Sea was full in view.

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:43

And said to his servant,.... Whom some take to be the son of the widow of Sarepta, but he must be too young to be employed in such service as this was: go up now; still higher on Mount Carmel; than where he was, even to the highest point of it: look towards the sea: or the west, as the Targum, the Mediterranean sea, which lay to the west of the land of Israel: and he went up and looked, and he said, there is nothing; there was nothing in the sky, or arising out of the sea, that looked like or foreboded rain: and he said, go again seven times; till he should see something.

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Carmel — A park; generally with the article, “the park.” (1.) A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected hills extending from the plain of Esdraelon to the sea, a distance of…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Ahab · .Reproved by Elijah; assembles the prophets of Baal — .Reproved by Elijah; assembles the prophets of Baal
Carmel · prophets — prophets
Miracles Wrought Through Servants Of God · Elijah: Rain brought — Elijah: Rain brought
Rain · .By Elijah — .By Elijah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

1 Kings 18:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:43

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:43

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:43

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

1 Kings 18:43

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:41–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 18:43

Adam Clarke on 1 Kings 18:43

John Gill on 1 Kings 18:43

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Kings 18:41-45

Rashi on 1 Kings 18:43