Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 18:46

46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah , and he girded up his loyns , and ran before Ahab , to the entrance of Jezreel.

God gave him more than natural and ordinary strength, whereby he was enabled to outrun Ahab's Chariot, and that for so many Miles together.

That his Garments, which were then long, might not hinder him. See 2 King. 4. 29. and 9. 1.

Partly, to shew how ready he was to honour and serve the King, if he did not exalt himself above or against God: partly, that by this humble and self-denying carriage, it might appear, that what he had done was not from envy, or ambition, or humane passion, but onely from a just zeal for Gods Glory: partly, that by his presence with the King, and his Courtiers who attended upon him, he might animate and oblige them to proceed in the well-begun Reformation of Religion: and partly, to demonstrate, that he was neither ashamed of nor afraid for what he had done, tho he knew how Iezabel would resent it, but durst venture himself in the midst of his Enemies, as being confident of the Divine Power and Protection.

Marginal references: Heb. till thou come to Jezreel.