“ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ”
And the (d) word of the LORD came unto him, saying, (d) As the troubles of the saints of God are many, so his mercy is always at hand to deliver them.
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. Zarephath, or Sarepta, now Surafend, where he was directed to go, was far away on the western coast of Pale...
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...
the Jar of Meal That Wasted not 1 Kings 17:8-16 Even at Cherith we cannot be exempt from trial, and it is hard to sit beside a gradually dwindling brook. But God always provides. None of them t...
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...
(8) В¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, (9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. Obse...
And the word of the Lord came unto him ,.... As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up: saying ; as follows.
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Ver. 8. And the word of the Lord. ] See 1 Kings 17:2 .
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 Widow of Zarephath. B. C. 908. 8 And the word of the L ORD came unto him, saying,...
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YHWH Makes Provision For Elijah With A Widow Of Zarephath ( 1 Kings 17:8-16 ). The water in the Wadi Cherith having almost dried up, God now directed Elijah to go to Zarephath, where He would arra...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 17:9 . Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon — Sarepta , situate between Tyre and Sidon, in the native land of Jezebel. Yet this “widow” knew JEHOVAH ( 1 K...
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...
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...
And the word of the Lord came unto him, when the brook no longer furnished him water to drink, saying,
1 Kings 17:2 ; Genesis 22:14 ; Hebrews 13:6 ; Isaiah 41:17
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...