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1 Kings 17:7
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Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.1 Kings 17:7 in Other Translations
KJV
7
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
ESV
7
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
NLT
7
But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.
MSG
7
Eventually the brook dried up because of the drought.
CSB
7
After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:7 Meaning and Commentary
1 Kings 17:7
FOOTNOTES:
F24 (Mymy Uqm) "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus
F25 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.
And it came to pass after a while
Or "at the end of days" {x}, perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see ( Exodus 13:10 ) ( Judges 17:10 ) ,
that the brook dried up;
through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following reason:
because there had been no rain in the land;
from the time Elijah prayed and prophesied; of this drought mention is made in profane history: Menander, a Phoenician writer, speaks F25 of a drought in the times of Ithobalus (the same with Ethbaal the father of Jezebel), which lasted a whole year, and upon prayer being made there were thunder
F24 (Mymy Uqm) "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus
F25 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
1 Kings 17:7 In-Context
5
So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
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Then the word of the LORD came to him:
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“Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
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