1Ki 19:8 | TNotes | STEP | 19:8 Elijah’s determination to go to Mount Sinai took him on a journey of approximately 200 miles. The trip would not have required forty days and forty nights , so Elijah may have set a pace that was symbolic of Israel’s past. Moses spent forty days on Mount Sinai, and Israel subsequently wandered in the wilderness for forty years (Num 14:33-34 ; Deut 1:2-3 ). Forty sometimes represented a period of full testing (Gen 7:4 ; Ps 95:10 ; Jon 3:4 ; Matt 4:1-2 ).

bNum 14:33-34►

cDeut 1:2-3►

dGen 7:4►

ePs 95:10►

fJon 3:4►

gMatt 4:1-2►

‏ 1 Kings 19:8

19:8 ^a Elijah’s determination to go to Mount Sinai took him on a journey of approximately 200 miles. The trip would not have required forty days and forty nights, so Elijah may have set a pace that was symbolic of Israel’s past. Moses spent forty days on Mount Sinai, and Israel subsequently wandered in the wilderness for forty years (Num 14:33-34 ^b; Deut 1:2-3 ^c). Forty sometimes represented a period of full testing (Gen 7:4 ^d; Ps 95:10 ^e; Jon 3:4 ^f; Matt 4:1-2 ^g).