1 Re 17:6

6 E i corvi gli portavano del pane e della carne, mattina e sera; ed egli bevea del torrente.

1 Re 17:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:6

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and
bread and flesh in the evening
For his breakfast and supper, the two principal meals then in use; and as there were several employed, they could bring a sufficiency in a short time for each meal; and these provisions were ready prepared, the bread made and baked, and the flesh boiled, broiled, or roasted; from whence they had it need not be inquired after; the Jews say ^F23 they were fetched from Ahab's table, and others from Jehoshaphat's, and others, as probable as any, from the tables of the 7000 who had not bowed the knee to Baal:

and he drank of the brook;
at his meals.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 113. 1. Cholin, fol. 5. 1. Tanchuma apud Abarbinel in loc.

1 Re 17:6 In-Context

4 E tu berrai del torrente, ed io ho comandato a’ corvi che ti nudriscano quivi.

5 Egli adunque se ne andò, e fece secondo la parola del Signore, e andò, e dimorò presso al torrente Cherit, ch’è dirincontro al Giordano.

6 E i corvi gli portavano del pane e della carne, mattina e sera; ed egli bevea del torrente.

7 Ora, in capo all’anno, il torrente si seccò; perciocchè non v’era stata alcuna pioggia nel paese.

8 Allora la parola del Signore gli fu indirizzata, dicendo: