1Ki 19:5-8 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 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 to bring him what was necessary.

1 Kings 19:5-8

Verse 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 to bring him what was necessary. Verse 6

A cake baken on the coals - All this seems to have been supernaturally provided. Verse 7

The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles. Verse 8

Forty days and forty nights - So he fasted just the same time as Moses did at Horeb, and as Christ did in the wilderness.