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1 Kings 19:7 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 19 · verse 7
And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.1 Kings 19:7 · King James Version
1 Kings 19:7 in context
5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
7And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
9And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- touchednâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- journeydereka roadH1870 →
- angelmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- Ariseqûwmto riseH6965 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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One would have expected, after such a public and sensible manifestation of the glory of God and such a clear decision of the controversy depending between him and Baal, to the honour of Elijah, the confusion of Baal's prophets, and the universal satisfaction of the people - after they had seen both fire and water come…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8