1 Kings 19:7
in 1 Kings 19A second time the angel of the LORD returned and touched him, saying, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee.
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.
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This verse in 1 Kings 19
Commentary
9 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Arise 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.
This site's exposition
came again the second time
on 1 Kings 19:7-8
The angel returns and doubles the provision because what lies ahead is beyond what one meal could carry: forty days and forty nights in the strength of that meat to Horeb, the mount of God. Horeb is Sinai under its other name, and the forty days match the forty Moses spent on the same mountain without bread or water at Ex 34:28; Clarke and Henry both note the parallel and read Elijah as led, likely beyond his own planning, to meet God where the law was first given. The same number recurs at Christ's forty days in the wilderness, a likeness the commentators draw rather than a claim the text itself states.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.' " Elijah was sleeping under a tree. Now an angel came to him and woke him up (sleep was …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
He needed not to complain of the unkindness of men when it was thus made up by the ministration of angels. Thus provided for, he had reason to think he had fared better than the prophets of the groves, that did eat at Jezebel's table. Wherever God's children are, as they are still upon their Father's ground, so they are still under their Father's eye and care.
Elijah housed in a cave at Mount Horeb, which is called the mount of God, because on it God had formerly manifested his glory. And perhaps this was the same cave, or cleft of a rock, in which Moses was hidden when the Lord passed by before him and proclaimed his name, Exod. xxxiii.
Angel of the Lord, &c. - He needed not to complain of the unkindness of men, when it was thus made up by the ministration of angels. Wherever God's children are, they are still under their father's eye.
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him,.... In order to awake him out of sleep: and said unto him, arise, and eat, because the journey is too great for thee; which he had to go to Horeb, without eating more than he had; and there were no provisions to be had in a common way and manner in his road thither.
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
In the solitude of Sinai, God appeared to instruct him. "What doest thou here, Elijah?" was a searching question addressed to one who had been called to so arduous and urgent a mission as his.
The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּשָׁב֩ | vaiyashav | and he returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| מַלְאַ֨ךְ | malakh | [the] angel of | H4397 → | 213 times |
| יְהוָ֤ה׀ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| שֵׁנִית֙ | shenit | a second [time] | H8145 → | 156 times |
| וַיִּגַּע־ | vaiyiga'- | and he touched | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בּ֔וֹ | bo | <in> him | ||
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| ק֣וּם | kum | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| אֱכֹ֑ל | ʾekhol | eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| רַ֥ב | rav | [is too] great | H7227 → | 454 times |
| מִמְּךָ֖ | mimekha | for you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃ | hadarekh | the journey | H1870 → | 707 times |
וַיָּשָׁב֩and he returned
vaiyashavH7725 →1056 times
מַלְאַ֨ךְ[the] angel of
malakhH4397 →213 times
יְהוָ֤ה׀Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
שֵׁנִית֙a second [time]
shenitH8145 →156 times
וַיִּגַּע־and he touched
vaiyiga'-H5060 →150 times
בּ֔וֹ<in> him
bo
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
ק֣וּםarise
kumH6965 →628 times
אֱכֹ֑לeat
ʾekholH398 →810 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
רַ֥ב[is too] great
ravH7227 →454 times
מִמְּךָ֖for you
mimekhaH4480 →1188 times
הַדָּֽרֶךְ׃the journey
hadarekhH1870 →707 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 33:25May the bolts of your gate be iron and bronze, and may your strength match your days.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 41:10
Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…
- Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- Psalms 138:3
On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
- Colossians 1:11
being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
- Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Isaiah 41:10
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 19:4; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.