KJV King James Version
And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
WEB World English Bible
He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
ASV American Standard Version
And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, ‘Rise, eat;’
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 19
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do [to me], and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 And when he saw [that], he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which [belongeth] to Judah, and left his servant 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 LORD, take away my life; for I [am] not better than my fathers.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise [and] eat.
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.
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.
8 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙H7901 · sha.khavto lie down: lay downוַיִּישַׁ֔ןH3462 · ya.shento sleepתַּ֖חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underרֹ֣תֶםH7574 · re.tembroomאֶחָ֑דH259 · e.chadoneוְהִנֵּֽה־H2009 · hin.nehbeholdזֶ֤הH2088 · zehthisמַלְאָךְ֙H4397 · ma.le.akhmessengerנֹגֵ֣עַH5060 · na.gato touchבּ֔וֹH9033 · ohimוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayל֖וֹH9033 · ohimק֥וּםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiאֱכֽוֹל׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Psalm 34:7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.Hebrews 13:5[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Acts 12:7And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from [his] hands.Daniel 8:19And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end [shall be].Hebrews 1:14Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?Genesis 28:11-15And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put [them for] his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.Psalm 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].Daniel 9:21Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.Daniel 10:9-10Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
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