1 Kings 17:1-7
Lexham English Bible
The Prophet Elijah Arises
17 Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, “As Yahweh lives,[a] the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years except by my command.”[b] 2 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 3 “Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi[c] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[d] 4 It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi,[e] and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there.” 5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi[f] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[g] 6 The crows were bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.[h] 7 It happened after a while[i] that the wadi[j] dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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- 1 Kings 17:1 Literally “The life of Yahweh”
- 1 Kings 17:1 Literally “except at the word of my mouth”
- 1 Kings 17:3 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- 1 Kings 17:3 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”
- 1 Kings 17:4 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- 1 Kings 17:5 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- 1 Kings 17:5 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”
- 1 Kings 17:6 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
- 1 Kings 17:7 Literally “from the end of days”
- 1 Kings 17:7 A seasonal stream that is often dry
1 Kings 17:1-7
International Standard Version
Elijah Calls for a Drought
17 Elijah the foreigner,[a] who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I’m standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so.”
2 Later, this message came to him from the Lord: 3 “Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi[b] Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.[c] 4 You will be able to drink from that brook, and I’ve commanded some crows to sustain you there.”
5 So Elijah[d] left and did exactly what the Lord had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi[e] Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. 6 Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. 7 But after a while,[f] the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
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- 1 Kings 17:1 Lit. Tishbite; or sojourner
- 1 Kings 17:3 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- 1 Kings 17:3 The Heb. lacks River; and so throughout the chapter
- 1 Kings 17:5 Lit. he
- 1 Kings 17:5 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
- 1 Kings 17:7 Lit. But at the end of days
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