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He stretched out[a] and fell asleep under the shrub. Suddenly an angelic messenger[b] touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 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.[c] The angel of the Lord came back again, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, for otherwise you won’t be able to make the journey.”[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 19:5 tn Or “lay down.”
  2. 1 Kings 19:5 tn Heb “Look, this messenger.”
  3. 1 Kings 19:6 tn Heb “and again lay down.”
  4. 1 Kings 19:7 tn Heb “for the journey is too great for you.”