Elijah Proclaims a Drought
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the ainhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, b“As the Lord God of Israel lives, cbefore whom I stand, dthere shall not be dew nor rain ethese years, except at my word.”
2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
3 “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the aravens to feed you there.”
5 So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Elijah and the Widow
8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
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| << 1 Kings 16:34 | 1 Kings 17:2 >> |
Interlinear Bible for 1 Kings 17:1:
'Eliyah (#452)
Tishbiy (#8664)
min (#4480)
Gil`ad (#1568)
'amar (#559)
'el (#413)
'Ach'ab (#256)
Yhovah (#3068)
'elohiym (#430)
Yisra'el (#3478)
chay (#2416)
paniym (#6440)
'aher (#834)
`amad (#5975)
'im (#518)
hayah (#1961)
tal (#2919)
matar (#4306)
'el-leh (#428)
shaneh (#8141)
kiy (#3588)
peh (#6310)
dabar (#1697)
| << 1 Kings 16:34 | 1 Kings 17:2 >> |
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