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1 Kings 17:8
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Then the word of the LORD came to him,
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1 Kings 17:8 Meaning and Commentary
1 Kings 17:8
And the word of the Lord came unto him
As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up:
saying;
as follows.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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1 Kings 17:8 In-Context
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And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
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And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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Then the word of the LORD came to him,
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"Arise, go to Zar'ephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."
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So he arose and went to Zar'ephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.