1 Kings 17:4
You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
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1 Kings 13:28He went and found his body thrown on the path, and the donkey and the lion standing by the body. The lion had not eaten the body nor mauled the donkey.
1 Kings 19:5He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat!”
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
Psalms 147:9He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
Jonah 2:1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
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 →