Geneva Study Bible Commentary
1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the (c) ravens to feed thee there.
(c) To strengthen his faith against persecution, God promises to feed him miraculously.
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the (c) ravens to feed thee there.
(c) To strengthen his faith against persecution, God promises to feed him miraculously.
Verse 1 Kings 17:4. _I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED THEE_] Thou shalt not lack the necessaries of life; thou shalt be supplied by an especial providence. See more on this subject at the end of th...
THE RAVENS - This is the translation of most of the ancient versions; others, omitting the points, which are generally allowed to have no authority, read “Arabians;” others, retaining the present poin...
IV. THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND KING AHAB 1. Elijah's Prediction and Miracles CHAPTER 17 _ 1. Elijah's message to Ahab (1 Kings 17:1)_ 2. At the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:2) 3. With the widow of Zarep...
ELIJAH IS FED BY RAVENS, AND RAISES THE WIDOW'S SON. Elijah appeared suddenly: we hear nothing of his birth or parentage. He simply announced to Ahab, in the name of Yahweh, before whom I stand (_cf._...
I HAVE COMMANDED. Elijah miraculously fed _three_ times: (1) by ravens (1 Kings 17:6); (2) by. widow (1 Kings 17:9); (3) by an angel (1 Kings 19:5; 1
_thou shalt drink of the brook_ The drought had not yet dried it up, but soon it would do so. _I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there_ Just as in 1 Kings 13:28 the appetite of the lion which h...
I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED THEE THERE— Some interpreters, discontented with this miracle, have sought out a different mode of solving it, and have averted, that the word ערבים _orbim_ rendere...
B. ELIJAH AT CHERITH 17:2-7 TRANSLATION (2) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, (3) Go from this place and torn for your sake to the east, and hide yourself at the river Cherith, which is...
_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 ko...
ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH The prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the prophetic figures of the OT. as a wo...
THE RAVENS] The original may possibly mean 'traffickers' (or merchants) or 'Arabians': if this is the real meaning of the word, the command resembles that given in 1 Kings 17:9....
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 17 ELIJAH THE *PROPHET V1 Now Elijah from Tishbe in Gilead spoke to Ahab. ‘I promise this in the name of the *Lord because he is definit...
THE RAVENS. — Of the accuracy of this rendering, which is that of almost all the ancient versions and of Josephus, there can be little doubt. The singularly prosaic interpretations, substituted for th...
וְ הָיָ֖ה מֵ הַ נַּ֣חַל תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וְ
ELIJAH 1 Kings 17:1 "And Elias the prophet stood up as fire, and his word was burning as a torch." - Sir 48:1 "But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more....
SIN'S CLIMAX SUMMONS JEHOVAH'S PROPHET 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 17:1 From the beginning of his reign Ahab set aside both the First and the Second Commandment. His marriage with Jezebel, the young and b...
Here began a new order, the prophetic. Of course there had been prophets before, but with the coming of Elijah the office was elevated to national importance. From this point onwards, in the economy o...
Ravens. Hebrew horebim, (Haydock) is sometimes rendered "Arabs," by the Vulgate, 2 Paralipomenon xxi. 16. Others would translate, "merchants," or the inhabitants of Arabo, which was near Carith. They...
(2) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, (3) Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (4) And it shall be, that thou shalt drink...
The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion, always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18. Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but who had...
AND IT SHALL BE, THAT THOU SHALT DRINK OF THE BROOK,.... The water of that was to be his drink: AND I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED THEE THERE; whereby he should be provided with food to eat; by...
And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. Ver. 4. _Thou shalt drink of the brook._] Adam's ale (water) he had, and food cooked by the...
_Hide thyself by the brook Cherith_ A brook, no doubt, well known to Elijah: both it and the valley through which it runs, are near the river Jordan; but whether on the east or west side, is not so we...
1 Elijah hauing prophecied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the rauens feed him. 8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath. 17 Hee raiseth the widowes sonne. 24 The woman beleeueth him. 1 AND ...
And it shall be that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there, who were to be God's messengers in supplying the prophet with food. While Elijah's life was to b...
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ELIJAH PROPHESIES A DROUGHT (vs.1-7) Ahab was suddenly confronted by a prophet who had never been mentioned before, Elijah the Tishbite, the first prophet of God spoken of as arising from among the t...
1-7 God wonderfully suits men to the work he designs them for. The times were fit for an Elijah; an Elijah was fit for them. The Spirit of the Lord knows how to fit men for the occasions. Elijah let...
i.e. I have decreed or appointed. Or, _I shall command_, i.e. effectually move them, by instincts and inclinations which I shall put into them, which shall be as forcible with them as a law or command...
1 Kings 17:4 drink H8354 (H8799) brook H5158 commanded H6680 (H8765) ravens H6158 feed H3557 (H8771)...
“ And it shall be, that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” There he would be able to drink water from the Wadi, regularly refreshing himself, and he was...
ELIJAH IS FED BY RAVENS AT THE BROOK CHERITH (1 KINGS 17:2). Having made his public declaration Elijah was then advised by YHWH to go to the east of Jordan, to one of the wadis that fed the Jordan, wh...
CONTENTS: Elijah's ministry and prediction of drought. Elijah fed. Raising of the widow's son. CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Ahab, Sarephath woman, her son. CONCLUSION: God can wonderfully raise up serva...
1 Kings 17:1. _Elijah the Tishbite._ His parentage is not named, but the Jews call him a levite or a priest. He swore to Ahab in the name, not of Baal, but of Jehovah. As the Lord had promised covenan...
_The word of the Lord came unto him._ THE WORD OF THE LORD We have in our theme a suggestion of the Divine guidance. The word of the Lord as a guide comes to the man of prayer. I suppose Elijah was g...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 17:1 Elijah and Ahab. Other prophets had addressed earlier kings (see 1 Kings 14:7;...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 17:3. HIDE THYSELF BY THE BROOK CHERITH—He should “hide,” in order to escape alike the king’s violence and importunities; also to allow his words to vindicate...
EXPOSITION ELIJAH AND THE GREAT DROUGHT.—The picture which the historian has just drawn of the shameless idolatry and the gross degeneracy of the earlier part of Ahab's reign forms a fit prelude to an...
By Chuck Smith Let's turn to the First Kings, chapter seventeen. The seventeenth chapter of First Kings introduces us now to a very interesting character, Elijah the Tishbite, whatever Tishbite means....
1 Kings 17:9; 1 Kings 19:5; Amos 9:3; Amos 9:4; Job 34:29;...
JEHOVAH-JIREH _Selections from 1 Kings 17:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our God is the God who is enough. There is no good thing which He withholds from them who walk uprightly. Our God is able to make all...
Have commanded — Or, I shall command, that is, effectually move them, by instincts which shall be as forcible with them, as a law or command is to men. God is said to command both brute creatures, and...