1 Kings 19:6 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

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 19:6 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.

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 19:8 And he arose, and ate and drank, and walked in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights, unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "looked", "behold", "head", "hearth", "cake", "vessel", "water", and "drank". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "looked" and "behold", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And he cast himself down and slept..." into verse 7's "And the angel of the Lord came...", so "looked" and "behold" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "looked" and "behold" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.