1 Kings 17:6

6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

1 Kings 17:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 And sure enough, ravens brought him his meals, both breakfast and supper, and he drank from the brook.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. And he drank from the stream.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning. They also brought him bread and meat in the evening. He drank water from the brook.

1 Kings 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 Kings 17:6 In-Context

4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of the LORD came to him:

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