"And 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 …" — 1 Kings 19:6

1 Kings 19:6 · KJV

“And 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. {head: Heb. bolster}”

— 1 Kings 19:6

Verse 5

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise {and} eat.

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 — Context

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I {am} not better than my fathers. {for himself: Heb. for his life}

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise {and} eat.

And 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. {head: Heb. bolster}

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.

And 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.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:6

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

Matthew 4:11

Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Psalms 37:3

Trust in the LORD, and do good; {so} shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. {verily: Heb. in truth, or, stableness}

Matthew 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

John 21:5

Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. {Children: or, Sirs}

1 Kings 17:9-15

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which {belongeth} to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. {Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta}

John 21:9

As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

Mark 8:2-3

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

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