1 Kings 19:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And laid him down. — There is a pathetic touch in the description of the prophet, wearied and disheartened, as caring not to eat sufficiently, and glad, after a morsel eaten, to forget himself again in sleep.

1 Kings 19:6

6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head.b And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.