1 Reyes 19:6

Listen to 1 Reyes 19:6
6 Entonces 茅l mir贸, y he aqu铆 谩 su cabecera una torta cocida sobre las ascuas, y un vaso de agua: y comi贸 y bebi贸 y volvi贸se 谩 dormir.

1 Reyes 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.


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.
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1 Reyes 19:6 In-Context

4 Y 茅l se fu茅 por el desierto un d铆a de camino, y vino y sent贸se debajo de un enebro; y deseando morirse, dijo: Baste ya, oh Jehov谩, quita mi alma; que no soy yo mejor que mis padres.
5 Y ech谩ndose debajo del enebro, qued贸se dormido: y he aqu铆 luego un 谩ngel que le toc贸, y le dijo: Lev谩ntate, come.
6 Entonces 茅l mir贸, y he aqu铆 谩 su cabecera una torta cocida sobre las ascuas, y un vaso de agua: y comi贸 y bebi贸 y volvi贸se 谩 dormir.
7 Y volviendo el 谩ngel de Jehov谩 la segunda vez, toc贸le, diciendo: Lev谩ntate, come: porque gran camino te resta.
8 Levant贸se pues, y comi贸 y bebi贸; y camin贸 con la fortaleza de aquella comida cuarenta d铆as y cuarenta noches, hasta el monte de Dios, Horeb.
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