1 Kings 17:6

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 Elijah did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Cherith before Jordan.

7And it came to pass after some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:35And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia.

Judges 14:14And he said to them, 1 Meat came forth of the eater, 1 And sweetness out of the strong: and they could not tell the riddle for three days.

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 19:8And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Mount Horeb.

Psalms 34:9But my soul shall exult in the Lord: 1 It shall delight in his salvation. 1

Psalms 37:19For I will declare mine iniquity, 1 And be distressed for my sin. 1

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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