1 Kings 19:6 -
And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake [same word as in 1 Kings 17:13 ] baken on the coals [Heb. a cake of stones, or coals . LXX . ἐγκρυφίας . The thin, flat bread of the East, especially among the nomadic desert tribes, is constantly baked in a rude oven, constructed in the sand or soft. A little hollow is made; sometimes it is lined with stones to retain the heat; fuel, often the root of the genista, is placed upon it and kindled, and when the sand or stones are sufficiently hot, the embers are raked to one side, and the dough is placed in the oven, where it is sometimes covered with the ashes. Hence the Vulgate calls it sub-cinericius panis ] , and a cruse of water at his head [ i.e; the place of his head. Marg. bolster . The word is almost used as a preposition. Cf. 1 Samuel 19:13 ; 1 Samuel 26:7 ]. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. [Heb. returned and laid down .]
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