1 Kings 17:6

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening: and out of the brook he used to drink.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

In Context

5And he went and did according to the word of the Lord; and he went and remained by the brook Kerith, that is to the east of the Jordan.

7And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up; because there had been no rain in the land.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; the manna they did eat, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

Judges 14:14And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days.

1 Kings 13:28And he went and found his corpse cast down on the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the corpse: the lion had not eaten the corpse, nor torn the ass.

1 Kings 19:8And he arose, and ate and drank; and he went on the strength of that eating forty days and forty nights unto the mount of God, Horeb.

Psalms 34:9(34:10) Oh fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to those who fear him.

Psalms 37:19They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:2-8

Elijah's First Prophecy; Elijah Fed by Ravens. ( b. c. 910.) 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed… Read the whole commentary →

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