1 Kings 17:1
And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, + 17:1 Gr. if there shall be, etc.there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the + 17:1 Gr. mouth of my word.word of my mouth.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
2And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 10:8At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand near before the Lord, to minister and bless in his name to this day.
1 Kings 8:35When the heaven is restrained, and there is no rain, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall pray toward this place, and shall make confession to thy name, and shall turn from their sins when thou shalt have humbled them,
1 Kings 18:10As the Lord thy God lives, there is not a nation or kingdom, whither my lord has not sent to seek thee; and if they said, He is not here, then has he set fire to the kingdom and its territories, because he has not found thee.
1 Kings 22:14And Michaias said, As the Lord lives, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, + 22:14 Gr. these things.that will I speak.
2 Kings 3:14And Elisaie said, As the Lord of hosts before whom I + 3:14 Gr. stood.stand lives, unless I + 3:14 Gr. regard.regarded the presence of Josaphat the king of Juda, I would not have looked on thee, nor seen thee.
2 Kings 5:16And Elisaie said, As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will not take one. And he pressed him to take one: but he would not.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:1
So sad was the character both of the princes and people of Israel, as described in the foregoing chapter, that one might have expected God would cast off a people that had so cast him off; but, as an evidence to the contrary, never was Israel so blessed with a good prophet as when it was so plagued with a bad king. Never was king so bold to sin as Ahab; never was prophet so bold to reprove and threaten as Elijah, whose story begins in this chapter and is full of wonders. Scarcely any part of the Old-Testament… Read the whole commentary →