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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 honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, 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, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. (1 Kings 17:9)
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1 Kings 19:5‑8• 5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
 6And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
 7And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
 8And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. (1 Kings 19:5‑8)
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Num. 20:8• 8Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. (Num. 20:8)
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Job 34:29• 29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: (Job 34:29)
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Job 38:8‑13,41• 8Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
 10And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
 12Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
 13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
 41Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. (Job 38:8‑13,41)
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Psa. 33:8‑9• 8Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
 9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (Psa. 33:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:9• 9He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. (Psa. 147:9)
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Amos 9:3‑4• 3And though they hide themselves in 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, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
 4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence 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 answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
 11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto 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.