“ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ”
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 ( c...
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, The word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
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...
ELIJAH 1 Kings 17:1-7 "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 n...
Sin's Climax Summons Jehovah's Prophet 1 Kings 16:29-34 ; 1 Kings 17:1-7 From the beginning of his reign Ahab set aside both the First and the Second Commandment. His marriage with Jezebel, th...
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...
(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 drin...
And the word of the Lord came to him ,.... The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him: saying ; as follows.
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Ver. 2. And the word of the Lord came. ] The Lord is said to have come to Balsam, Laban, and other profane wretches, but the word of the Lord to his...
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...
Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. B. C. 910. 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, wh...
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Elijah Is Fed By Ravens At The Brook Cherith ( 1 Kings 17:2-7 ). 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 Jo...
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 vi...
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 cove...
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 w...
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 f...
The Famine
1 Chronicles 17:3 ; 1 Kings 12:22 ; Hosea 1:1 ; Hosea 1:2 ; Jeremiah 11:1 ; Jeremiah 18:1 ; Jeremiah 7:1
Jehovah-Jireh Selections from 1 Kings 17:1-24 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...