1 Kings 19:3 (WEB)
When he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
Catechism · 1
“Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides "in a cleft of he rock" until the mysterious presence of God has passed by.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Kings 19:1-14; cf. Ex 33:19-23.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…nights, his belly empty, his mouth dry, arrived at Mount Horeb; where, when he had made a cave his inn, with how familiar a meeting with God was he received!” — editor's note: See 1 Kings xix. 1–8. But he took two meals: see vers. 6, 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“When the ravens had been wont to satisfy him with “bread and flesh,” why was it that afterwards, at Beersheba of Judea, that certain angel, after rousing him from sleep, offered him, beyond doubt, bread alone, and water?” — editor's note: 1 Kings xix. 3–7.
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Aphrahat
“…him; and because he took upon him the likeness of the angels of heaven, those very angels brought him bread and water when he was fleeing from before Jezebel.” — editor's note: 1 Kings xvii. 3–5; xix. 1–8.
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