_AND ELIJAH THE TISHBITE, WHO WAS OF THE INHABITANTS OF GILEAD, SAID UNTO AHAB, AS THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL LIVETH, BEFORE WHOM I STAND, THERE SHALL NOT BE DEW NOR RAIN THESE YEARS, BUT ACCORDING TO MY WORD._ Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead х_ 'EELIYAAHUW_ (H452) _ HA-TISHBI... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO HIM, SAYING,_ The word of the Lord came unto him, saying,... [ Continue Reading ]
_GET THEE HENCE, AND TURN THEE EASTWARD, AND HIDE THYSELF BY THE BROOK CHERITH, THAT IS BEFORE JORDAN._ Get thee hence ... At first the king may spurned the prediction as the utterance of a vain enthusiast; but when he found the drought last, and increase in severity, he sought Elijah, who, as it w... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE, THAT THOU SHALT DRINK OF THE BROOK; AND I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED THEE THERE._ I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there, х_ HAA`ORªBIYM_ (H6158); Septuagint, tois koraxin]. The idea of such unclean and voracious birds being employed to feed the prophet has not only... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE WENT AND DID ACCORDING UNTO THE WORD OF THE LORD: FOR HE WENT AND DWELT BY THE BROOK CHERITH, THAT IS BEFORE JORDAN._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO HIM, SAYING,_ The word of the Lord came unto him. Zarephath, or Sarepta, now Surafend, where he was directed to go, was far away on the western coast of Palestine, about nine miles south of Zidon, and within the dominions of Jezebel's impious father, where the fa... [ Continue Reading ]
_ARISE, GET THEE TO ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGETH TO ZIDON, AND DWELL THERE: BEHOLD, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW WOMAN THERE TO SUSTAIN THEE._ Which belongeth to Zidon, х_ 'ªSHER_ (H834) _ Lª-TSIYDOWN_ (H6721)] - which is by or near Zidon. Sarepta was situated between Zidon and Tyre, close to the Mediter... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO HE AROSE AND WENT TO ZAREPHATH. AND WHEN HE CAME TO THE GATE OF THE CITY, BEHOLD, THE WIDOW WOMAN WAS THERE GATHERING OF STICKS: AND HE CALLED TO HER, AND SAID, FETCH ME, I PRAY THEE, A LITTLE WATER IN A VESSEL, THAT I MAY DRINK._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THE BARREL OF MEAL SHALL NOT WASTE, NEITHER SHALL THE CRUSE OF OIL FAIL, UNTIL THE DAY THAT THE LORD SENDETH RAIN UPON THE EARTH._ The barrel of meal shall not waste, х_ LO'_ (H3808) _ TIKLAAH_ (H3615)] - be ended, consumed.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE WENT AND DID ACCORDING TO THE SAYING OF ELIJAH: AND SHE, AND HE, AND HER HOUSE, DID EAT MANY DAYS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THESE THINGS, THAT THE SON OF THE WOMAN, THE MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE, FELL SICK; AND HIS SICKNESS WAS SO SORE, THAT THERE WAS NO BREATH LEFT IN HIM._ The son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick. A severe domestic calamity seems to have led her to think that a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SHE SAID UNTO ELIJAH, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, O THOU MAN OF GOD? ART THOU COME UNTO ME TO CALL MY SIN TO REMEMBRANCE, AND TO SLAY MY SON?_ What have I to do with thee? The phrase is elliptic, and the meaning is, What is there in common to us two-to me, a sinful woman, and thee, a man of G... [ Continue Reading ]