1 Kings 17:4
And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:28and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
1 Kings 19:5Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
Job 34:29But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
Job 38:41Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Jonah 2:1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
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 →