1 Kings 19:5-9
New King James Version
5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an [a]angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on [b]coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 7 And the [c]angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and (A)forty nights as far as (B)Horeb, the mountain of God.
9 And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
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- 1 Kings 19:5 Or Angel
- 1 Kings 19:6 hot stones
- 1 Kings 19:7 Or Angel
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