1 Re 17:6

6 E i corvi gli portavano del pane e della carne la mattina, e del pane e della carne la sera; e beveva al torrente.

1 Re 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 113. 1. Cholin, fol. 5. 1. Tanchuma apud Abarbinel in loc.

1 Re 17:6 In-Context

4 Tu berrai al torrente, ed io ho comandato ai corvi che ti dian quivi da mangiare".

5 Egli dunque partì, e fece secondo la parola dell’Eterno: andò, e si stabilì presso il torrente Kerith, che è dirimpetto al Giordano.

6 E i corvi gli portavano del pane e della carne la mattina, e del pane e della carne la sera; e beveva al torrente.

7 Ma di lì a qualche tempo il torrente rimase asciutto, perché non veniva pioggia sul paese.

8 Allora la parola dell’Eterno gli fu rivolta in questi termini: