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1 Kings 17:1 open_in_new
Elijah. First mention. GOD (El) is JAH (or Jehovah). See App-4.
Tishbite. sojourner. Probably. priest.
inhabitants. sojourners.
before, &c. Probably. priest. See note above.
dew. night-mist. Compare Deuteronomy 32:2; 2 Samuel 1:21.Job 38:28.
these years (not three years). No definite period stated. "Years" is plural, not dual. In Luke 4:25 and James 5:17. "three years and six months". These six months must be reckoned before the three years, not added to the end because of "the third year" (1 Kings 18:1): i.e. the third full year.
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1 Kings 17:3 open_in_new
before Jordan: i.e. on the east side.
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1 Kings 17:4 open_in_new
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 commanded". All things possible when He speaks. Almighty power is. better and easier explanation than all rationalistic inventions.
there. Nowhere else. Note the special lesson. Any-where but in God's appointed place he would have perished.
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1 Kings 17:9 open_in_new
Zarephath. the Sarepta of Luke 4:26.
a widow. One of nine widows mentioned. See note on 1 Kings 17:4 and Genesis 38:19.
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1 Kings 17:12 open_in_new
a little oil. From Joshua 19:24-28 Zidon fell to Asher. From Deuteronomy 33:24 Asher had abundance of oil, though water was scarce. Compare Genesis 49:20.
cruse. flask. Compare Matthew 25:4.
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1 Kings 17:14 open_in_new
barrel of meal. Figure of speech Hypallage (App-6). meal in the barrel.
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1 Kings 17:17 open_in_new
breath. Hebrew. neshamah. App-16.
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1 Kings 17:18 open_in_new
What have I. ? See note on 2 Samuel 16:10.
man of God. See note on Deuteronomy 33:1, and App-49.
sin. Hebrew. 'avon. App-44.
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1 Kings 17:21 open_in_new
stretched. measured.
soul. life. Compare 1 Kings 17:23, "liveth". Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
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1 Kings 17:23 open_in_new
liveth. The result of life's being given, making the child "a living soul" (Genesis 2:7).