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.
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Gill's Exposition
And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him,.... In order to awake him out of sleep:
and said unto him, arise, and eat, because the journey is too great for thee; which he…
Barnes' Notes
Arise and eat ... - i. e., “Eat a second time, for otherwise the journey will be beyond thy powers.” “The journey” was not simply a pilgrimage to Horeb, which was less than 200 miles distant, and…
Adam Clarke
The journey is too great for thee - From Beer-sheba to Horeb was about one hundred and fifty miles.
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…
Cambridge Bible
because the journeyis too great for thee No mention has yet been made of the distance or place to which Elijah meant to go. It seems therefore more natural to conclude that the flight into the…