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1 Könige 17:7

Listen to 1 Könige 17:7
7 Und es geschah nach Verlauf einer Zeit, da vertrocknete der Bach, denn es war kein Regen im Lande.

1 Könige 17:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:7

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


FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mymy Uqm) "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus
F25 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.
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1 Könige 17:7 In-Context

5 Und er ging hin und tat nach dem Worte Jehovas: er ging hin und blieb am Bache Krith, der vor dem Jordan ist.
6 Und die Raben brachten ihm Brot und Fleisch am Morgen, und Brot und Fleisch am Abend, und er trank aus dem Bache.
7 Und es geschah nach Verlauf einer Zeit, da vertrocknete der Bach, denn es war kein Regen im Lande.
8 Da geschah das Wort Jehovas zu ihm also:
9 Mache dich auf, gehe nach Zarpath, das zu Zidon gehört, und bleibe daselbst; siehe ich habe daselbst einer Witwe geboten, dich zu versorgen.
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