1 Kings 17:6

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

Majority Standard Bible

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

5So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

Judges 14:14So he said to them: “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.

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 19:8So he got up and ate and drank. And strengthened by that food, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Psalms 34:9Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.

Psalms 37:19In the time of evil they will not be ashamed, and in the days of famine they will 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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