1 Rois 17:6

6 Les corbeaux lui apportaient du pain et de la viande le matin, et du pain et de la viande le soir, et il buvait de l'eau du torrent.

1 Rois 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 Rois 17:6 In-Context

4 Tu boiras de l'eau du torrent, et j'ai ordonné aux corbeaux de te nourrir là.
5 Il partit et fit selon la parole de l'Eternel, et il alla s'établir près du torrent de Kerith, qui est en face du Jourdain.
6 Les corbeaux lui apportaient du pain et de la viande le matin, et du pain et de la viande le soir, et il buvait de l'eau du torrent.
7 Mais au bout d'un certain temps le torrent fut à sec, car il n'était point tombé de pluie dans le pays.
8 Alors la parole de l'Eternel lui fut adressée en ces mots:
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