1 Kings 17:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
1 Kings 17:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) 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. (6) And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread...
1 Kings 17:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord ,.... Took his journey eastward, and hid himself in the place directed to: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan ,...
1 Kings 17:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 5. For he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith. ] In some cave, lik...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. B. C. 910. 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, wh...
1 Kings 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...
1 Kings 17:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Famine
1 Kings 17:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:9 ; John 15:14 ; Matthew 16:24 ; Proverbs 3:5
1 Kings 17:5 - 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...

1 Kings 17:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 17:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 17:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 17:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 17:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 17:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 17:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary