1 Kings 19:6
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.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

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.

New American Bible
He looked and there at his head was a hearth cake and a jug of water. After he ate and drank, he lay down again,

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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

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1 Kings 17:6,9-15 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the torrent. . . .

Psalm 37:3 Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high, the fortifications of rocks shall be his highness: bread is given him, his waters are sure.

Matthew 4:11 Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.

Matthew 6:32 For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things.

Mark 8:2,3 I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat. . . .

John 21:5,9 Jesus therefore said to them: Children, have you any meat? They answered him: No. . . .

head [heb] bolster

Context
Elijah Flees From Jezebel
5And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat. 6He 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.7And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.…
Cross References
Matthew 26:7
There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment and poured it on his head as he was at table.

1 Kings 19:5
And he cast himself down, and slept in the shadow of the juniper tree: and behold an angel of the Lord touched him, and said to him: Arise and eat.

1 Kings 19:7
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said to him: Arise, eat: for thou hast yet a great way to go.

1 Kings 19:5
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