Melachim Alef 17:6

6 And the orevvim brought him lechem and basar in the boker, and lechem and basar in the erev; and he drank of the brook.

Melachim Alef 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.

Melachim Alef 17:6 In-Context

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the orevvim (ravens) to feed thee there.

5 So he went and did according to the Devar Hashem; for he went and dwelt in the Wadi Kerit, that is near the Yarden.

6 And the orevvim brought him lechem and basar in the boker, and lechem and basar in the erev; and he drank of the brook.

7 And it came to pass at the ketz yamim (end of days), that the brook dried up, because there had been no geshem in the land.

8 And the Devar Hashem came unto him, saying,