1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

8The LORD’s word came to him, saying,

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Cross References

Job 12:15Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

Isaiah 54:10For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed, but my loving kindness will not depart from you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says the LORD who has mercy on you.

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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