1 Reyes 17:7

7 Sin embargo, poco después, el arroyo se secó porque no había llovido en ninguna parte del reino.

1 Reyes 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

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (Mymy Uqm) "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus
F25 Apud Joseph. Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.

1 Reyes 17:7 In-Context

5 Entonces Elías hizo lo que el Señor
le dijo y acampó junto al arroyo de Querit, al oriente del Jordán.

6 Los cuervos le llevaban pan y carne por la mañana y por la noche, y él bebía del arroyo.

7 Sin embargo, poco después, el arroyo se secó porque no había llovido en ninguna parte del reino.

8 La viuda de Sarepta
Luego el Señor
dijo a Elías:

9 «Vete a vivir a la aldea de Sarepta, que está cerca de la ciudad de Sidón. Yo le he ordenado a una viuda de allí que te alimente».