1 Kings 19:5

And as he lay and slept Better, with R.V., -And he lay down and slept." The verb is the same as that which is so rendered at the close of the next verse. The description is of what Elijah did, not only of something which happened -as he lay."

behold then R.V. and behold. A change made necessary by the previous alteration.

an angel touched him The LXX. omits -an angel," and so does the narrative of Josephus, which merely has διεγειράντος δʼ αὐτόν τινος.