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1 Kings 19:7
7The angel of the Lord came back a second time. He touched Elijah and he said, ‘Get up and eat more food. Then you will be strong enough to go on a long journey.’
1 Kings 19:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.”
Context of 1 Kings 19:7
5Then he lay down under the tree and he slept. Suddenly, an angel came and touched him. The angel said, ‘Get up and eat something.’ 6When Elijah looked, he saw some bread near his head. Someone had baked it on a fire. There was also a jar of water. So he ate the bread and he drank the water. Then he lay down again to sleep. The angel of the Lord came back a second time. He touched Elijah and he said, ‘Get up and eat more food. Then you will be strong enough to go on a long journey.’ 8So Elijah got up. He ate the food and he drank the water. The meal made him strong enough to travel for 40 days and 40 nights. He travelled to Sinai, the mountain of God. 9Elijah went into a cave on Sinai mountain and he stayed there all night. Suddenly, the Lord spoke to Elijah. He asked Elijah, ‘Elijah, why have you come here?’
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וַיָּשָׁב֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֤ה׀ שֵׁנִית֙ וַיִּגַּע־בּ֔וֹ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר ק֣וּם אֱכֹ֑ל כִּ֛י רַ֥ב מִמְּךָ֖ הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the angelמַלְאָךְmal'âk · messenger: angelH4397
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- came againשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- the second timeשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
- and touchedנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- him, and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- because the journeyדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- too greatרַבrab · manyH7227
Cross-references for 1 Kings 19:7
- 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down under the tree and he slept. Suddenly, an angel came and touched him. The angel said, ‘Get up and eat something.’
- Deuteronomy 33:25They will use iron and bronze to make the gates of their towns strong. May they be strong for as long as they live.
- Psalms 103:13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Arise and eat - i. e., “Eat a second time, for otherwise the journey will be beyond thy powers.” “The journey” was not simply a pilgrimage to Horeb, which was less than 200 miles distant, and might have been reached in six or seven days. It was to be a wandering in the wilderness, not unlike that of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt; only it was to last forty days instead of forty years.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The angel of the Lord gave Elijah exactly what he needed at that time (1 Kings 17:2–6, 10–12). God often sent an angel to help one of his servants (Psalm 34:7; Hebrews 1:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-184-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in a better but not wholly right frame of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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