Time after Pentecost · Proper 14 · Year B
1 Kings 19:1-8
Elijah Fed by the Angel
August 8, 2027
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
1 Kings 19 - Elijah Runs, God Speaks Enduring Word · David Guzik
A verse-by-verse study of the prophet's flight, despair, and the angel's provision.
1 Kings 19:4-8 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary on the angel feeding the exhausted prophet, overlapping the appointed verses.
1 Kings 19 Commentary Precept Austin
An inductive study page gathering word studies and cross references on Elijah at Horeb.
1 Kings 19:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentaries gathered verse by verse on Elijah's flight from Jezebel.
1 Kings 19:1 Verse-by-Verse Commentary StudyLight
A deep library of expositors stacked verse by verse for a fifth voice on the passage.
Background & Word Study
I Kings 19 (Hebrew and English) Sefaria
The Hebrew of the chapter alongside English with linked Jewish commentary for the OT reading.
1 Kings 19:1 Interlinear BibleHub
The Hebrew of the narrative word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers.
Enter the Bible: 1 Kings Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's book introduction to 1 Kings for the setting of the Elijah cycle.
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