1 Kings 18:42

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; there he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees.

Cross References

Genesis 24:52

When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord.

2 Samuel 12:16

David therefore pleaded with God for the child; David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground.

1 Kings 18:41

Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of rushing rain.”

1 Kings 18:43

He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” He went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” Then he said, “Go again seven times.”

1 Kings 19:13

When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Ezra 9:6

and said, “O my God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

Job 37:11

He loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.

Psalm 89:7

a God feared in the council of the holy ones, great and awesome above all who are around him?

Isaiah 38:2

Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord:

Isaiah 6:2

Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.

Jeremiah 46:18

As I live, says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts, one is coming like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned to the Lord God to seek an answer by prayer and supplication with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Daniel 9:7

“Righteousness is on your side, O Lord, but open shame, as at this day, falls on us, the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are near and those who are far away, in all the lands to which you have driven them because of the treachery that they have committed against you.

Matthew 14:23

And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

Mark 14:35

And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.

Luke 6:12

Now during those days he went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God.

Acts 10:9

About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.