1 Kings 19 · Verse 6

1 Kings 19:6

And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
1 Kings 19:6, King James Version

1 Kings 19:6 in other translations

BSBAnd he looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
WEBHe looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
ASVAnd he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
YLTand he looketh attentively, and lo, at his bolster a cake baken on burning stones, and a dish of water, and he eateth, and drinketh, and turneth, and lieth down.
DARBYAnd he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
BBEAnd looking up, he saw by his head a cake cooked on the stones and a bottle of water. So he took food and drink and went to sleep again.
WebsterAnd he looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he ate and drank, and laid himself down again.

What does 1 Kings 19:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 19:4-18

4-18. went a day's journey into the wilderness--on the way from Beer-sheba to Horeb--a wide expanse of sand hills, covered with the retem (not juniper, but broom shrubs), whose tall and spreading branches, with their white leaves, afford a very cheering and refreshing shade. His gracious God did not lose sight of His fugitive servant, but watched over him, and, miraculously ministering to his wants, enabled him, in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 A cake baken on the coals - All this seems to have been supernaturally provided.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-8

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 serviceable to Israel at this time, and had all reason to depend upon God's protection, while doing God's work; yet he flees. His was not the deliberate desire of grace, as Paul's, to depart and be with Christ. God thus left…

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1 Kings 19:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיַּבֵּ֕טvai.ya.Betand he lookedH5027
וְהִנֵּ֧הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יוme.ra.'a.sho.Tav[was] [the] place of head hisH4763
עֻגַ֥ת'u.Gata bread cake ofH5692
רְצָפִ֖יםre.tza.Fimhot coalsH7529
וְצַפַּ֣חַתve.tza.Pa.chatand a jug ofH6835
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
וַיֹּ֣אכַלvai.Yo.khaland he ateH398
וַיֵּ֔שְׁתְּvai.Ye.shetand he drankH8354
וַיָּ֖שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
וַיִּשְׁכָּֽב\׃vai.yish.Kavand he lay downH7901

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Cross references for 1 Kings 19:6

  • Matthew 4:11

    Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

  • 1 Kings 17:6

    And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

  • John 21:9

    As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.

  • Mark 8:2-3

    I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

  • Matthew 6:32

    (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

  • 1 Kings 17:9-15

    Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. …

  • John 21:5

    Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.

  • Isaiah 33:16

    He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.

  • Psalms 37:3

    Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cake.
17:6,9-15; Ps 37:3; Isa 33:16; Mt 4:11; 6:32; Mr 8:2,3; Joh 21:5,9
head. Heb. bolster.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 19:5

    And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

  • 1 Kings 19:6

    And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.

  • 1 Kings 19:7

    And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.

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1 Kings 19:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces él miró, y he aquí á su cabecera una torta cocida sobre las ascuas, y un vaso de agua: y comió y bebió, y volvióse á dormir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il regarda, et voici, à son chevet, un gâteau cuit sur les pierres chaudes, et une cruche d’eau; et il mangea et but, et se recoucha.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als er hinblickte, siehe, da lag zu seinen Häupten ein Kuchen, auf heißen Steinen gebacken, und ein Krug Wasser. Und er aß und trank und legte sich wieder hin.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respexit, et ecce ad caput suum subcinericius panis, et vas aquæ: comedit ergo, et bibit, et rursum obdormivit.