1 Kings 17:1-9

1 et dixit Helias Thesbites de habitatoribus Galaad ad Ahab vivit Dominus Deus Israhel in cuius conspectu sto si erit annis his ros et pluvia nisi iuxta oris mei verba

2 et factum est verbum Domini ad eum dicens

3 recede hinc et vade contra orientem et abscondere in torrente Charith qui est contra Iordanem

4 et ibi de torrente bibes corvisque praecepi ut pascant te ibi

5 abiit ergo et fecit iuxta verbum Domini cumque abisset sedit in torrente Charith qui est contra Iordanem

6 corvi quoque deferebant panem et carnes mane similiter panem et carnes vesperi et bibebat de torrente

7 post dies autem siccatus est torrens non enim pluerat super terram

8 factus est igitur sermo Domini ad eum dicens

9 surge et vade in Sareptha Sidoniorum et manebis ibi praecepi enim ibi mulieri viduae ut pascat te

1 Kings 17:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17

This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he should be fed by ravens, 1Ki 17:1-7, and afterwards he is sent to a widow at Zarephath, where he, she, and her son, were supported for a considerable time with a handful of meal, and a little oil in a cruse miraculously increased, 1Ki 17:8-16, whose son falling sick and dying, he restored to life, 1Ki 17:17-24.