1 Kings 19:7

And the messenger of Yahweh came again a second time, and touched him, and said—Rise, eat,—because, too much for thee, is the journey.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6So he looked about, and lo! at his head, a cake baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water,—and he did eat and drink, and then went back and lay down.

8So he arose, and did eat and drink,—and journeyed, in the strength of that eating, forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God—Horeb.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him;

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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