1 Kings 17:2

2 The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

1 Kings 17:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 17:2

And the word of the Lord came to him
The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:

saying;
as follows.

1 Kings 17:2 In-Context

1 Eliyah the Tishbi, who was of the sojourners of Gil`ad, said to Ach'av, As the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

2 The word of the LORD came to him, saying,

3 Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Kerit, that is before the Yarden.

4 It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD; for he went and lived by the brook Kerit, that is before the Yarden.