King James Version
1 Kings 19:7 in the King James Version says “And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is t...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Kings 19:7 · KJV
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
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. head: Heb. bolster
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.
And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“came again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“And the angel”
H4397a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and touched”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“because the journey”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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