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1 Kings 19:4-8

Elijah Fed by the Angel

August 8, 2027

Elijah in the Desert, Washington Allston
Elijah in the Desert, Washington Allston, 1818Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
A bleak American Romantic landscape, the prophet small beneath a blasted tree with the ravens overhead, painted in London during a long depression of Allston's own.1 Kings 19 is a prophet who has had enough and lies down to die, and is fed anyway; the landscape is the mood of the chapter.Washington AllstonAn American painter and poet, the first Romantic of American art, who spent twenty-five years on one canvas and never finished it.Museum of Fine Arts, BostonOne of the oldest American museums, founded in 1870, with a collection that runs from Egyptian to contemporary and a famous Japanese holding.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:41-51Jn 6:41-51
Second ReadingEph. 4:30–5:2Eph 4:30–5:2
First Reading1 Kings 19:4-81 Kgs 19:4-8
Responsorial PsalmPs. 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (9a)Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (9a)

Overview & Insights

"Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you." (1 Kings 19:7)

Exhausted and wishing to die, Elijah is met under a broom tree by an angel who twice provides food and water, giving him strength for the forty-day journey to Horeb.

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Commentary

Commentary on 1 Kings 19:4-8Commentary on 1 Kgs 19:4-8 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of Elijah's despair and the food that sustains his journey.

1 Kings 19: Elijah's Discouragement and God's Response1 Kgs 19: Elijah's Discouragement and God's Response Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the whole chapter.

1 Kings 19 Commentary1 Kgs 19 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.

1 Kings 19:4 Commentaries1 Kgs 19:4 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on Elijah in the wilderness in one place.

Barnes' Notes on 1 Kings 19Barnes' Notes on 1 Kgs 19 StudyLight

Albert Barnes' notes on the whole chapter of 1 Kings 19.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Readings Agape Bible Study

A Catholic reading study that ties Elijah's angel-given bread to the day's living bread Gospel.

Background & Word Study

1 Kings 19 in Hebrew1 Kgs 19 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English alongside and classical Jewish commentaries.

1 Kings 19:4 Hebrew Interlinear1 Kgs 19:4 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for Elijah in the wilderness.

The Church Fathers

Catena on 1 Kings 19Catena on 1 Kgs 19 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Elijah fed by the angel.

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