1 Kings 19:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 19:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
1 Kings 19:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise [and] eat; because (d) the journey [is] too great for thee. (d) He declares that unless God had nourished him m...
1 Kings 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:1-21 . Elijah's Flight to Horeb. His Commission. Jezebel, it will be noticed, can do no more than threaten Elijah: her power is limited. Elijah escapes to the southern extremity of Juda...
1 Kings 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to H...
1 Kings 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. No JFB commentary on these verses.
1 Kings 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Elijah at Horeb 2. Then Jezebel sent, etc.] Her religious feelings as a votary of Baal and her dignity as the queen had both been outraged by the prophet, and she at once sought revenge.
1 Kings 19:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELIJAH'S DESPAIR 1 Kings 19:4-8 "So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself, My race of glory run, and race of sh...
1 Kings 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exaltation and Depression 1 Kings 18:41-46 ; 1 Kings 19:1-8 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab a...
1 Kings 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The slaughter of the prophets of Baal aroused the ire of Jezebel to such a degree that she sent a direct message full of fury to Elijah. There is no escaping the sadness of his attitude on receiving...
1 Kings 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (6) And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse...
1 Kings 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
1 Kings 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. Because the journey is too great for thee. ]...
1 Kings 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee Above thy strength; now especially, when thou art faint, weary, and fasting. God knows what he designs us for, though we do not; what servic...
1 Kings 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ELIJAH FLEEING FROM JEZEBEL (vs.1-10) When Ahab informed his wife Jezebel of Elijah's having brought down the fire of God to consume his sacrifice, of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal and t...
1 Kings 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elijah's Flight from Jezebel. B. C. 906. 1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had don...
1 Kings 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Above thy strength, now especially when thou art faint, and weary, and fasting.
1 Kings 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Depressed At What Appeared To Be Failure Elijah Flees To The Mountain Of God In Horeb (Sinai) And Is Sustained And Recommissioned By YHWH ( 1 Kings 19:1-18 ). Exultant because the battle appeared...
1 Kings 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 19:2 . So let the gods do to me —The pl. אֱלֹהִימ is used commonly for GOD, Jehovah; but here appears for Jeze...
1 Kings 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:2 . Jezebel swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind. 1 Kings...
1 Kings 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

He arose and went for his life. The flight into the wilderness This is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had re...
1 Kings 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ELIJAH 'S FLIGHT THE THEOPHANY OF HOREB AND THE CALLING OF ELISHA .—We can readily understand with what a sense of humiliation and shame the weak and excited king,...
1 Kings 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elijah Flees before Jezebel
1 Kings 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:5 ; Deuteronomy 33:25 ; Psalms 103:13 ; Psalms 103:14
1 Kings 19:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Elijah Fleeing for His Life 1 Kings 19:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The story of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal. The people fell on their faces as soon as they saw that God consumed the s...
1 Kings 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 fath...

1 Kings 19:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 19:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 19:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 19:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 19:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 19:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Kings 19:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes