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1 Kings 19:6

And he looked and saw that there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and laid down again.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Blessing;   Bread;   Elijah;   Life;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Trouble;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arts and Crafts;   Baking;   Bread;   Cakes;   Cruses;   Elijah;   God's;   Providence, Divine;   Silence-Speech;   Supplies, Divine;   Voice;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jezebel;   Sinai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Bake;   Bread;   Cruse;   Elijah;   Oven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Coal;   Cruse;   Juniper;   Prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Bread;   Cruse;   Elijah;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Coal;   Elijah;   House;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Oven ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Coal;   Cruse;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elijah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Cruse,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bread;   Coal;   Cruse;   Elijah;   Head;   Meals;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Bread;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Baking;   Bread;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for January 28;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then he looked, and there at his head was a loaf of bread baked over hot stones, and a jug of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
Hebrew Names Version
He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again.
New Century Version
Elijah saw near his head a loaf baked over coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. Then he went back to sleep.
New English Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
He looked, and by his head there was a bread cake baked on hot coal, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
New American Standard Bible
And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a round loaf of bread baked on hot coals, and a pitcher of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And when he looked about, behold, there was a cake baken on the coles, and a pot of water at his head: so he did eate and drinke, and returned and slept.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
Contemporary English Version
Elijah looked around, and by his head was a jar of water and some baked bread. He sat up, ate and drank, then lay down and went back to sleep.
Complete Jewish Bible
He looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on the hot stones and a jug of water. He ate and drank, then lay down again.
Darby Translation
And 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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Elijah looked around, and by his head there was a cake that had been baked over coals and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then went back to sleep.
George Lamsa Translation
And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and lay down again.
Good News Translation
He looked around and saw a loaf of bread and a jar of water near his head. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
Lexham English Bible
He looked, and behold, a bread cake on hot coals was near his head and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. Then he did it again and lay down.
Literal Translation
And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake on burning stones, and a jar of water; and he ate and drank, and turned and lay down.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he loked aboute him, & beholde, at his heade there was a bred baken on the coles, & a cruse wt water. And whan he had eaten and dronke, he layed him downe agayne to slepe.
American Standard Version
And 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.
Bible in Basic English
And 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when he loked about him, beholde there was a cake baken on the coales, and a vessell of water at his head: And he dyd eate and drinke, and layde him downe againe to sleepe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
King James Version (1611)
And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baken on the coales, and a cruse of water at his head: and hee did eate and drinke, and laide him downe againe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Eliu 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.
English Revised Version
And 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.
Berean Standard Bible
And 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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He bihelde, and, lo! at his heed was a loof bakun vndur aischis, and a vessel of watir. Therfor he ete, and drank, and slepte eft.
Young's Literal Translation
and 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.
Webster's Bible Translation
And 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.
World English Bible
He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
New King James Version
Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again.
New Living Translation
He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.
New Life Bible
Then Elijah looked and saw by his head a loaf of bread made ready on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.
New Revised Standard
He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. He ate and drank, and lay down again.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he looked about, and lo! at his head, a cake baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water, - and he did eat and drink, and then went back and lay down.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He looked, and behold there was at his head a hearth cake, and a vessel of water: and he ate and drank, and he fell asleep again.
Revised Standard Version
And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
THE MESSAGE
He looked around and, to his surprise, right by his head were a loaf of bread baked on some coals and a jug of water. He ate the meal and went back to sleep.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again.

Contextual Overview

1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and as well how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel send a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don't make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time. 3 And he was afraid, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his attendant there. 4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. 5 And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, look, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked and saw that there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and laid down again. 7 And the angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you. 8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cake: 1 Kings 17:6, 1 Kings 17:9-15, Psalms 37:3, Isaiah 33:16, Matthew 4:11, Matthew 6:32, Mark 8:2, Mark 8:3, John 21:5, John 21:9

head: Heb. bolster

Cross-References

Judges 19:23
And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, I pray you, don't do so wickedly; seeing that this man has come into my house, don't do this folly.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baked on the coals,.... Just took off the coals, quite hot. Bochart q thinks it should be rendered, "baked on hot stones"; and such was the way of baking cakes in some of the eastern countries, :-, the stones hereabout might be heated by a supernatural power, and the cake baked on them by an angel; these sort of cakes are in Hebrew called "huggoth", as some pronounce the word, and are said to be now common in Bulgaria, where they are called "hugaces" r:

and a cruse of water at his head; to drink of in eating the cake; which cruse or pot a learned man s thinks was Elijah's, not brought by the angel, only water put into it by him; see 1 Samuel 26:11, and he did eat and drink; but not all that was set before him:

and laid him down again; to take some more sleep for his greater refreshment.

q Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 2. c. 33. col. 528. r Busbequius apud Calmet on the word "Bread". s Schacchi Elaeochrism. Myrothec. l. 1. c. 44. col. 224.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A cake baken on the coals - It is not implied that Elijah found a fire lighted and the cake on it, but only that he found one of the usual baked cakes of the desert, which form the ordinary food of the Arab at the present day.

At his head - The Hebrew word means simply “the place on which the head lies;” hence, the marginal rendering, “bolster.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 19:6. A cake baken on the coals — All this seems to have been supernaturally provided.


 
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