Holy Scripture

1 Kings 19:5

A church father on this verse
“"The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him and said, 'Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for you.' " Elijah was sleeping under a tree. Now an angel came to him and woke him up (sleep was weighing him down because of his fatigue, affliction and discouragement) and provided him with stren…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — ON THE FIRST BOOK OF KINGS 19:4

Source: Septuagint

Original

5And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, someone touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

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3And Elijah feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Beersheba to the land of Judah, and he left his servant there.

4And he himself went a day’s journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.

— 1 Kings 19:5 —

6And Elijah looked, and, behold, at his head there was a cake of meal and a cruse of water; and he arose, and ate and drank, and returned and lay down.

7And the angel of the Lord returned again, and touched him, and said to him, Arise, and eat, for the journey is far from thee.

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