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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 honour me, the jackals and the ostriches; 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, 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 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 Jehovah 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 to 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• 29And he giveth rest, and who can disturb?{HR}And hideth his face, and who beholdeth it?{HR}Whether as to a nation or to a man, the same, (Job 34:29)
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Job 38:8‑13,41• 8And [who] shut up the sea with doors,{HR}When it burst forth — came out of the womb,
 9When I made the cloud its garment,{HR}And thick darkness its swaddling-band,
 10And broke for it my law, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no farther,{HR}And here let one set against the pride of thy waves?
 12Hast thou, from thy days, commanded the mornings,{HR}Made the dawn to know its place,
 13To take hold of the wings of the earth,{HR}That the wicked might be shaken out of it,
 41Who provideth for the raven his meat,{HR}When his young cry to God [El] — wander without food? (Job 38:8‑13,41)
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Psa. 33:8‑9• 8All the earth shall fear before Jehovah,{HR}All the inhabitants of the world shall be afraid before him.
 9For he spake and it was;{HR}He commanded and it stood. (Psa. 33:8‑9)
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Psa. 147:9• 9Giving to cattle their food,{HR}To young (sons of) 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)