John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 19:6

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he looked, and, behold, [there was] a cake baked on the coals, etc.] Just took off the coals, quite hot. Bochart f412 thinks it should be rendered, “baked on hot stones”; and such was the way of baking cakes in some of the eastern countries, (see Gill on “<011806>Genesis 18:6”), the stones hereabout might be heated by a supernatural power, and the cake baked on them by an angel; these sort of cakes are in Hebrew called “huggoth”, as some pronounce the word, and are said to be now common in Bulgaria, where they are called “hugaces” f413: and a cruse of water at his head; to drink of in eating the cake; which cruse or pot a learned man f414 thinks was Elijah’s, not brought by the angel, only water put into it by him; (see <092611>1 Samuel 26:11), and he did eat and drink; but not all that was set before him: and laid him down again; to take some more sleep for his greater refreshment.

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