1 Kings 17:7

1 Kings 17:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
• New International Version (NIV)Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

Context of 1 Kings 17:7

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. But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land. 8Then the Lord said to Elijah, 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 17:7 word by word

וַיְהִ֛י מִקֵּ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ הַנָּ֑חַל כִּ֛י לֹֽא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it came to pass afterקֵץqêts · endH7093
• a whileיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that the brookנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: riverH5158
• dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• because there had been no rainגֶּ֫שֶׁםgeshem · rainH1653
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 1 Kings 17:7

• Isaiah 40:30Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.
• Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may move and the hills disappear, but even then my faithful love for you will remain. My covenant of blessing will never be broken,” says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

Commentaries on 1 Kings 17:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The brook dried up - Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see Deuteronomy 11:16, Deuteronomy 11:17.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

Topics related to 1 Kings 17:7

• Blessing
• Cherith
• Elijah
• Minister, Christian
• Readings, Select

In the dictionaries

• Ahab
• Dearth
• Elijah
• Quotations
• Revive
• Waste
• Botany
• Elam; Elamites
• God
• Rain

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