1 Kings 17:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

Ver. 11. And as she was going, &c.] He found her facile to the first motion, saw God in it, and maketh a second.

Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread.] a He calleth not for cates, but bread; and a little of that shall serve him too. It doth ill become a servant of the Highest to be a slave to his palate.

a Buccellam, frustum.

1 Kings 17:11

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.