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1 Kings 19:5

He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Beer-Sheba;   Blessing;   Elijah;   Juniper;   Life;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Angels;   Elijah;   God's;   Ministering Angels;   Silence-Speech;   Sleep;   Sleep-Wakefulness;   Voice;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Angels;   Trees;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Juniper;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   John the baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Elijah;   Juniper;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Broom Tree;   Elijah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Angel;   Beersheba;   Bread;   Elijah;   Juniper;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Minister, Ministration;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Juniper,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Juniper;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Juniper,;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Sleep (and forms);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beersheba;   Elijah;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Angelology;   Juniper;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 28;   My Utmost for His Highest - Devotion for February 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree.
Hebrew Names Version
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
King James Version
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
English Standard Version
And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Arise and eat."
New Century Version
Then he lay down under the tree and slept. Suddenly an angel came to him and touched him. "Get up and eat," the angel said.
Amplified Bible
He lay down and slept under the juniper tree, and behold, an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."
New American Standard Bible
Then he lay down and fell asleep under a broom tree; but behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat!"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And as he lay and slept vnder the iuniper tree, behold now, an Angel touched him, and said vnto him, Vp, and eate.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat."
Contemporary English Version
Then he lay down in the shade and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel woke him up and said, "Get up and eat."
Complete Jewish Bible
Then he lay down under the broom tree and went to sleep. Suddenly, an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat!"
Darby Translation
And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Elijah lay down under the bush and went to sleep. An angel came to him and touched him. The angel said, "Get up and eat!"
George Lamsa Translation
Then he lay down and slept soundly under the oak tree; and, behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat.
Good News Translation
He lay down under the tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Wake up and eat."
Lexham English Bible
He lay down and fell asleep under a certain broom tree, and suddenly this angel was touching him and said to him, "Get up, eat!"
Literal Translation
And he lay down and slept under a certain broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Get up, eat!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he layed him downe & slepte vnder the Iuniper tre. And beholde, ye angell touched him, & sayde vnto him: Stonde vp, and eate.
American Standard Version
And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
Bible in Basic English
And stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant; but an angel, touching him, said to him, Get up and have some food.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And as he lay and slept vnder the Iuniper tree: behold an angel touched him, and sayde vnto him: Up, and eate.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he lay down and slept under a broom-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him: 'Arise and eat.'
King James Version (1611)
And as hee lay and slept vnder a Iuniper tree, behold then, an Angel touched him, and sayd vnto him, Arise, and eate.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, some one touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
English Revised Version
And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
Berean Standard Bible
Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he castide forth hym silf, and slepte in the schadewe of the iunypere tree. And lo! the aungel of the Lord touchide hym, and seide to hym, Rise thou, and ete.
Young's Literal Translation
And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, `Rise, eat;'
Update Bible Version
And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, look, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
Webster's Bible Translation
And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise [and] eat.
World English Bible
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
New King James Version
Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel [fn] touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."
New Living Translation
Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, "Get up and eat!"
New Life Bible
When he lay down and slept under the juniper tree, an angel touched him. The angel said to him, "Get up and eat."
New Revised Standard
Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, "Get up and eat."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, as he lay, and slept, under a certain shrub, lo! a messenger, touching him, who said to him - Rise, eat.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.
Revised Standard Version
And he lay down and slept under a broom tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat."

Contextual Overview

1 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, "May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!" 3 Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there, 4 while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord , take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors." 5 He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat." 6 He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. 7 The Lord 's angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, for otherwise you won't be able to make the journey." 8 So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as he lay: Genesis 28:11-15

an angel: Psalms 34:7, Psalms 34:10, Daniel 8:19, Daniel 9:21, Daniel 10:9, Daniel 10:10, Acts 12:7, Hebrews 1:14, Hebrews 13:5

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:4 - I have commanded 1 Kings 19:7 - the angel 2 Kings 1:3 - angel Zechariah 4:1 - waked Mark 1:13 - and the John 21:9 - they saw

Cross-References

Genesis 19:23
The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar.
Genesis 19:24
Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord .
Genesis 19:26
But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27
Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord .
Leviticus 18:22
You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.
Leviticus 20:13
If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
Judges 19:22
They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him."
Isaiah 1:9
If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 3:9
The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.

Gill's Notes on the 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, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, arise, and eat; so far was the Lord from granting his request to take away his life, that he made provision to preserve it; so careful was he of him, as to give an angel charge to get food ready for him, and then awake him to eat of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An angel touched him - The friendly ministration of angels, common in the time of the patriarchs Genesis 18:2-16; Genesis 19:1-22; Genesis 28:12; Genesis 32:1, Genesis 32:24-29, and known also under the Judges Judges 6:11-21; Judges 13:3-20, 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.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

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 to bring him what was necessary.


 
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