1 Kings 17:6

6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the stream.

1 Kings 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

1 Kings 17:6 In-Context

4 You are to drink from the stream, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."
5 So he went and acted according to the word of ADONAI- he went and lived in Vadi K'rit near the Yarden.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the stream.
7 After a while the stream dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
8 Then this word of ADONAI came to him:
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