1Ki 19:5-8 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 5. As he lay and slept ] Excessive anguish of mind frequently induces sleep, as well as great fatigue of body. An angel touched him ] He needed refreshment, and God sent an angel to bring him what was necessary.

‏ 1 Kings 19:5-8

Verse 5. As he lay and slept] Excessive anguish of mind frequently induces sleep, as well as great fatigue of body.

An angel touched him] He needed refreshment, and God sent an angel to bring him what was necessary.

Verse 6. A cake baken on the coals] All this seems to have been supernaturally provided.

Verse 7. The journey is too great for thee.] From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.

Verse 8. Forty days and forty nights] So he fasted just the same time as Moses did at Horeb, and as Christ did in the wilderness.