1 Kings 19:7

And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And Elijah looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down.

8And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Mount Horeb.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13He waters the mountains from his chambers: 1 The earth shall be satisfied with the fruit of thy works. 1

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 19:2-9

Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. ( b. c. 906.) 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. 3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the… Read the whole commentary →

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