Królów I 19:5 Komentarz: Tze'enah Ure'enah

“He lay down and slept under a broom bush, etc.” [19:5]. Elijah lay down and fell asleep. An angel came quickly, woke him, and said, wake up and eat. Elijah saw a cake baked on coals and a small jug of water. He ate and drank and lay down again. The angel came again and said to him, get up and eat. You have a long journey before you. Elijah immediately ate and drank and he went with this food that he had eaten this time, forty days and forty nights until he reached Mount Horeb. From that food, his body did not digest the food for the whole forty days and forty nights and he was satiated from this food. He came there, to a cave, and the word of the God came to him. The cave was the rock where the Holy One had spoken and appeared to Moses. The Holy One asked Elijah. What are you doing here? Elijah responded, I could not behold the false prophets and was zealous and killed them. This caused that I had to run away since they killed many good prophets through Jezebel. I have been left alone and they desired to kill me. Though more prophets survive, they are hidden in a cave. They are all righteous, but Elijah said, because they are hidden, it is as if they did not exist in the world and I alone am here. He said: You Elijah should go out and stand on the mountain before God, who will pass over you. There was a strong wind that was tearing out mountains and breaking strong rocks. The Holy One was not in the wind and the Holy One was also not in the great storm. Afterwards, there was a great fire and the Holy One was not in it. However, after the fire there was a low voice and Elijah understood that this was the Holy One. When Elijah heard this, he covered his face with his mantle and stood at the door of the cave. The Holy One said to Elijah: go home again to the city of Damascus and you should anoint Hazael as king of Aram.