1 Reis 19:6

6 Ele olhou, e eis que � sua cabeceira estava um pão cozido sobre as brasas, e uma botija de água. Tendo comido e bebido, tornou a deitar-se.

1 Reis 19:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 19:6

And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baked on the
coals
Just took off the coals, quite hot. Bochart ^F17 thinks it should be rendered, "baked on hot stones"; and such was the way of baking cakes in some of the eastern countries, (See Gill on Genesis 18:6), the stones hereabout might be heated by a supernatural power, and the cake baked on them by an angel; these sort of cakes are in Hebrew called "huggoth", as some pronounce the word, and are said to be now common in Bulgaria, where they are called "hugaces" ^F18:

and a cruse of water at his head;
to drink of in eating the cake; which cruse or pot a learned man ^F19 thinks was Elijah's, not brought by the angel, only water put into it by him; see ( 1 Samuel 26:11 ) , and he did eat and drink; but not all that was set before him:

and laid him down again;
to take some more sleep for his greater refreshment.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 33. col. 528.
F18 Busbequius apud Calmet on the word "Bread".
F19 Schacchi Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. 1. c. 44. col. 224.

1 Reis 19:6 In-Context

4 Ele, porém, entrou pelo deserto caminho de um dia, e foi sentar-se debaixo de um zimbro; e pediu para si a morte, dizendo: Já basta, ó Senhor; toma agora a minha vida, pois não sou melhor do que meus pais.

5 E deitando-se debaixo do zimbro, dormiu; e eis que um anjo o tocou, e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come.

6 Ele olhou, e eis que � sua cabeceira estava um pão cozido sobre as brasas, e uma botija de água. Tendo comido e bebido, tornou a deitar-se.

7 O anjo do Senhor veio segunda vez, tocou-o, e lhe disse: Levanta-te e come, porque demasiado longa te será a viagem.

8 Levantou-se, pois, e comeu e bebeu; e com a força desse alimento caminhou quarenta dias e quarenta noites até Horebe, o monte de Deus.