6And 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: …
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)One would have expected, after such a public and sensible manifestation of the glory of God and such a clear decision of the controversy depending between him and Baal, to the honour of Elijah, the confusion of Baal’s prophets, and the universal satisfaction of the people—after they had seen both fire and water come from heaven at the prayer of Elijah, and both in mercy to them, the one as it sign…
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