1 Kings 19:6

6 Then he looked and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank and went back to sleep.

1 Kings 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 Kings 19:6 In-Context

4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and desiring to die, he said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.

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 Then he looked and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank and went back to sleep.

7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for there is a great journey before thee.

8 And he arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights unto Horeb, the mount of God.