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1 Kings 17:4
4Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”
1 Kings 17:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
- New International Version (NIV)You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
Context of 1 Kings 17:4
2Then the Lord said to Elijah, 3“Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River. Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.” 5So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan. 6The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
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וְהָיָ֖ה מֵהַנַּ֣חַל תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִ֣ים צִוִּ֔יתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ שָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:4
- 1 Kings 17:9“Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”
- 1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!”
- Numbers 20:8“You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.”
- Job 34:29But if he chooses to remain quiet, who can criticize him? When he hides his face, no one can find him, whether an individual or a nation.
- Job 38:8“Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb,
- Psalms 33:8Let the whole world fear the Lord, and let everyone stand in awe of him.
- Psalms 147:9He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
- Amos 9:3Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.
- Matthew 4:4But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ ”
Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I have commanded the ravens to feed thee - Thou shalt not lack the necessaries of life; thou shalt be supplied by an especial providence. See more on this subject at the end of the chapter, 1 Kings 17:24; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The 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 pointing, translate either “merchants” (compare the original of Ezekiel 27:9, Ezekiel 27:27), or “Orbites.” Jerome took it in this last sense, and so does the Arabic Version.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-7Kerith Brook was a safe place for Elijah during the drought God caused (see 1 Kings 18:10). The food and water there showed Elijah that God was protecting him. When the water source dried up, Elijah had to move to a new place.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-71Ki 17:1-7. Elijah, Prophesying against Ahab, Is Sent to Cherith. 1. Elijah the Tishbite--This prophet is introduced as abruptly as Melchisedek--his birth, parents, and call to the prophetic office being alike unrecorded. He is supposed to be called the Tishbite from Tisbeh, a place east of Jordan. who was of the inhabitants of Gilead--or residents of Gilead, implying that he was not an Israelite, but an Ishmaelite, as Michaelis conjectures, for there…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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