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1 Könige 17:7

Listen to 1 Könige 17:7
7 Und es geschah nach etlicher Zeit, daß der Bach vertrocknete; 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 Er aber ging hin und tat nach dem Wort des HERRN und ging weg und setzte sich am Bach Krith, der gegen den Jordan fließt.
6 Und die Raben brachten ihm das Brot und Fleisch des Morgens und des Abends, und er trank vom Bach. {~} {~}
7 Und es geschah nach etlicher Zeit, daß der Bach vertrocknete; denn es war kein Regen im Lande.
8 Da kam das Wort des HERRN zu ihm und sprach:
9 Mache dich auf und gehe gen Zarpath, welches bei Sidon liegt, und bleibe daselbst; denn ich habe einer Witwe geboten, daß sie dich versorge.
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