Pentecost Season · Proper 14 · Year B
1 Kings 19:4-8
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
Working Preacher: Commentary on 1 Kings 19:4-8 Working Preacher
Lutheran lectionary commentary on the prophet fed in the wilderness for the semicontinuous track.
Enduring Word: 1 Kings 19 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: 1 Kings 19 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study gathering many commentators on Elijah at Horeb.
BibleHub: Commentaries on 1 Kings 19:4 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the reading's opening verse.
CEP: 1 Kings 19:4-8 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on God's provision for a despairing prophet.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: 1 Kings Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the books of Kings.
BibleProject: 1-2 Kings Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the story and themes of 1 and 2 Kings.
Sefaria: I Kings 19 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: 1 Kings 19 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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