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1 Kings 17

1 Kings 17:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
of the brook
nachal (Hebrew #5158)
or nachalah (Ezekiel 47:19; 48:28) {nakh-al-aw'}; from 5157 in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
KJV usage: brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
Pronounce: nakh'-al
Origin: or (feminine) nachlah (Psalm 124:4) {nakh'-law}
; and I have commanded
tsavah (Hebrew #6680)
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
KJV usage: appoint, (for-)bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
Pronounce: tsaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the ravens
`oreb (Hebrew #6158)
from 6150; a raven (from its dusky hue)
KJV usage: raven.
Pronounce: o-rabe'
Origin: or mowreb {o-rabe'}
i to feed
kuwl (Hebrew #3557)
properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
KJV usage: (be able to, can) abide, bear, comprehend, contain, feed, forbearing, guide, hold(-ing in), nourish(-er), be present, make provision, receive, sustain, provide sustenance (victuals).
Pronounce: kool
Origin: a primitive root
thee there.
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Isa. 43:20• 20The beast of the field shall glorify me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I will give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the waste, to give drink to my people, my chosen. (Isa. 43:20)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I have commanded.
1 Kings 17:9• 9Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee. (1 Kings 17:9)
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1 Kings 19:5‑8• 5And he lay down and slept under the broom-bush. And behold, an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise, eat!
 6And he looked, and behold, at his head was a cake, baked on hot stones, and a cruse of water. And he ate and drank, and lay down again.
 7And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise, eat; for the journey is too great for thee.
 8And he arose, and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. (1 Kings 19:5‑8)
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Num. 20:8• 8Take the staff, and gather the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock, and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink. (Num. 20:8)
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Job 34:29• 29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike; (Job 34:29)
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Job 38:8‑13,41• 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
 10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
 12Hast thou since thy days commanded the morning? hast thou caused the dawn to know its place,
 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, and the wicked might be shaken out of it?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto *God, and they wander for lack of meat? (Job 38:8‑13,41)
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Psa. 33:8‑9• 8Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
 9For *he* spoke, and it was done; *he* commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:9• 9Who giveth to the cattle their food, to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Amos 9:3‑4• 3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;
 4and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. (Amos 9:3‑4)
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Matt. 4:4,11• 4But he answering said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which goes out through God's mouth.
 11Then the devil leaves him, and behold, angels came and ministered to him. (Matt. 4:4,11)
• But in order for the Word to unfold its power outwardly by means of us, something more is necessary than feeding upon it. Dependence is needful. Elijah announces the mind of God, proclaims the word of God, but he prays (and that is dependence) in order that this mind may be realized. This same dependence in prayer is the source of the prophet’s power. {James 5:17-18} (“Elijah and the Brook Cherith: 1 Kings 17:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the torrent; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.