1 Kings 17:4
And it shall be that thou shalt drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed thee there.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3Depart hence eastward, and hide thee by the brook of Cherith, that is before Jordan.
5And Elijah did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Cherith before Jordan.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:28And he went and found the body cast in the way, and the ass and the lion were standing by the body: and the lion had not devoured the body of the man of God, and had not torn the ass.
1 Kings 19:5And he lay down and slept there under a tree; and behold, someone touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.
Job 34:29And he will give quiet, and who will condemn? 1 And he will hide his face, and who shall see him? 1 Whether it be done against a nation, or against a man also: 1
Job 38:41And who has prepared food for the raven? 1 For its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, 1 In search of food.
Psalms 147:9He has not done so to any other nation; 1 And he has not shown them his judgments.
Jonah 2:1Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
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 →