1 Kings 17:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. ”

• 1 Kings 17:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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....

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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 Kings 19:6 ). ravens. Note "I have co...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 - Thou shalt not lack the necessaries of life; thou...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 rend...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 ); Septuagin...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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 th...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 w...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. B. C. 910.       1 And Elijah the Tishbite, wh...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 comman...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Famine

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Kings 17:9 ; 1 Kings 19:5-8 ; Amos 9:3 ; Amos 9:4 ; Job 34:29 ; Job 38:41 ; Job 38:8-13 ; Matthew 4:11 ; Matthew 4:4 ; Numbers 20:8 ; Psalms 147:9 ; Psalms 33:8 ; Psalms 33:9

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Kings 17:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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,...

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