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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

1 Kings 19:5

An angel touched him - The friendly ministration of angels, common in the time of the patriarchs Genesis 18:2; Genesis 19:1; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 32:1, Genesis 32:24, and known also under the Judges Judges 6:11; Judges 13:3, was now extended to Elijah. Any other explanation of this passage does violence to the words. It is certainly not the intention of the writer to represent Elijah as relieved on this occasion by a human “messenger.”

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See also 1 Kings 19:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 1 Kings 19:5. _AS HE LAY AND SLEPT_] Excessive anguish of mind frequently induces sleep, as well as great fatigue of body. _AN ANGEL TOUCHED HIM_] He needed refreshment, and God sent an angel t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS AND UPON MOUNT HOREB CHAPTER 19 _ 1. Elijah's flight and despondency (1 Kings 19:1)_ 2. Upon Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:9) 3. Elisha called (1 Kings 19:10) Elijah

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 Kings 19:1. ELIJAH'S FLIGHT TO HOREB. HIS COMMISSION. Jezebel, it will be noticed, can do no more than threaten Elijah: her power is limited. Elijah escapes to the southern extremity of Judah, to Be...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And as he lay and slept_ Better, with R.V., -And he LAY DOWN and slept." The verb is the same as that which is so rendered at the close of the next verse. The description is of what Elijah did, not o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE GREAT SPIRITUAL CRISIS 19:1-21 In view of the triumph on Carmel, one might expect to read in chapter 19 about a great religious reformation in Israel. Such is not the case. Not until the extirp...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND AS HE LAY AND SLEPT UNDER A JUNIPER TREE, BEHOLD, THEN AN ANGEL TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE AND EAT._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    ELIJAH AT HOREB 2. Then Jezebel sent, etc.] Her religious feelings as a votary of Baal and her dignity as the queen had both been outraged by the prophet, and she at once sought revenge....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 19 GOD SPEAKS TO ELIJAH AT *MOUNT SINAI V1 Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done. He also told her that Elijah had killed al...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (5)AN ANGEL TOUCHED HIM. — The word may signify simply “a messenger,” human or super-human; but the context suggests a miraculous ministration of some unearthly food. It is notable that, except as min...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּשְׁכַּב֙ וַ יִּישַׁ֔ן תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אֶ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    ELIJAH'S DESPAIR 1 Kings 19:4 "So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself, My race of glory run, and race of shame, A...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    HOW GOD DEALS WITH DESPONDENCY 1 Kings 19:5 "Why art thou so vexed, O my soul? and why art thou so disquieted within me? O put thy trust in God; for I will yet praise Him who is the health of my cou...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    EXALTATION AND DEPRESSION 1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 19:1 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab and the prophe...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The slaughter of the prophets of Baal aroused the ire of Jezebel to such a degree that she sent a direct message full of fury to Elijah. There is no escaping the sadness of his attitude on receiving t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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) And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Until now the prophet had stood before Jehovah (1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 18:15) and had spoken in His name; but now, terrified by the threats of Jezebel, he flees from the dangers of the place into which...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND AS HE LAY AND SLEPT UNDER A JUNIPER TREE,.... Being weary and fatigued with his journey, the same under which he sat; for there was but one, as that is said to be in the preceding verse: BEHOLD,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat. Ver. 5. _And slept under a juniper tree._] See on 1 Kings 19:4 . _ An angel touch...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He lay and slept under a juniper tree_ But he is wakened out of his sleep, and finds himself not only well provided for with bread and water, but, which is more, attended by an angel, who guarded him...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Eliiah threatned by Iezebel, fleeth to Beersheba, 4 In the wildernesse being wearie of his life, is comforted by an Angel. 9 At Horeb God appeareth vnto him, sending him to anoint Hazael, Iehu, an...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, under the furze-bush which he had sought, BEHOLD, THEN AN ANGEL, the special Messenger of God, TOUCHED HIM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, ARISE AND EAT....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ELIJAH FLEES BEFORE JEZEBEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    ELIJAH FLEEING FROM JEZEBEL (vs.1-10) When Ahab informed his wife Jezebel of Elijah's having brought down the fire of God to consume his sacrifice, of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal and the an...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-8 Jezebel sent Elijah a threatening message. Carnal hearts are hardened and enraged against God, by that which should convince and conquer them. Great faith is not always alike strong. He might be...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 19:5 lay H7901 (H8799) slept H3462 (H8799) a H259 tree H7574 angel H4397 touched H5060 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DEPRESSED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE FAILURE ELIJAH FLEES TO THE MOUNTAIN OF GOD IN HOREB (SINAI) AND IS SUSTAINED AND RECOMMISSIONED BY YHWH (1 KINGS 19:1). Exultant because the battle appeared almost wo...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: God's care of His overwrought prophet. Call of Elisha. CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Jezebel, Elisha. CONCLUSION: Even though we faint in our faith, God abideth faithful. The best thing for a d...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Kings 19:2. _Jezebel_ swore to destroy Elijah. Ahab would perhaps have received the prophet as his monitor and guide, had it not been for this woman, now given over to a reprobate mind. 1 Kings 19:1...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _As he lay and slept under a juniper tree, then an angel touched him._ LOVING-KINDNESS BETTER THAN LIFE We have, in this incident, four thoughts of the love of God. I. God’s love in its constancy. I...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _He arose and went for his life._ THE FLIGHT INTO THE WILDERNESS This is a sad sequel to the triumph on Mount Carmel. Elijah had forgotten Jezebel. Not present herself on Mount Carmel, she had receiv...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:1 Elijah has won a mighty battle on the mountain, but a stronger opponent than Ahab awaits him: Queen Jezebel. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 19:5 The BROOM TREE is a bush with many branches and twigs, small leaves, and clusters of flowers. AN ANGEL TOUCHED HIM. Elijah has been responding so far only to Jezebel’s “me...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    ELIJAH DEJECTED, REPROVED, AND ENCOURAGED CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 19:2. SO LET THE GODS DO TO ME—The pl. אֱלֹהִימ is used commonly for GOD, Jehovah; but here appears for Jezebel’s i...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ELIJAH'S FLIGHT THE THEOPHANY OF HOREB AND THE CALLING OF ELISHA.—We can readily understand with what a sense of humiliation and shame the weak and excited king, who must have been awed and...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So Ahab told his wife Jezebel the whole story of what had happened, what Elijah did, and how he killed all of her prophets with the sword. And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, and she said, So let...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 12:7; Daniel 10:10; Daniel 10:9; Daniel 8:19; Daniel 9:21;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    ELIJAH FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE 1 Kings 19:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The story of the slaughter of the prophets of Baal. The people fell on their faces as soon as they saw that God consumed the sacrifice...

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