1-7 Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith where the ravens feed him. 8-16 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath 17-23 He raises the widow's son 24 The woman believes him

A.M. 3094 B.C. 910
Elijah [heb] Elijahu Mt 11:14 16:14 27:47,49 Lu 1:17 4:25,26 9:30,33,54 Joh 1:21,25 Ro 11:2

Elias
As the Lord God 1Ki 22:14 2Ki 3:14 5:16 Isa 49:18 Mt 7:29 Lu 1:17

before whom De 10:8 Jer 15:19 Lu 1:19 21:36 Ac 27:23

dew nor rain Lu 4:25 Jas 5:17 Re 11:6

2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1Ki 12:22 1Ch 17:3 Jer 7:1 11:1 18:1 Ho 1:1,2

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

hide thyself 1Ki 22:25 Ps 31:20 83:3 Jer 36:19,26 Joh 8:59 Ac 17:14 Heb 11:38 Re 12:6,14

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

I have commanded 1Ki 17:9 19:5-8 Nu 20:8 Job 34:29 38:8-13,41 Ps 33:8,9 147:9 Am 9:3,4 Mt 4:4,11

5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

did according 1Ki 19:9 Pr 3:5 Mt 16:24 Joh 15:14

Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made {to appear} inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.

6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

the ravens Ex 16:35 Nu 11:23 Jud 14:14 15:18,19 Ps 34:9,10 37:3,19 78:15,16,23,24 Isa 33:16 Jer 37:21 40:4 Hab 3:17,18 Mt 6:31-33 14:19-21 19:26 Lu 22:35 Heb 6:18 13:5,6

7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

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after a while [heb] at the end of days
the brook Isa 40:30,31 54:10

8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

the word 1Ki 17:2 Ge 22:14 Isa 41:17 Heb 13:6

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

Zarephath Ob 1:20 Lu 4:26

Sarepta
Which belongeth Mt 15:21,22

widow woman 1Ki 17:4 Jud 7:2,4 Ro 4:17-21 2Co 4:7

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

Fetch m Ge 21:15 24:17 Joh 4:7 2Co 11:27 Heb 11:37

11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

as she was going Ge 24:18,19 Mt 10:42 25:35-40 Heb 13:2

a morsel 1Ki 16:9 18:4 Ge 18:5

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

As the Lord 1Ki 17:1 1Sa 14:39,45 20:3,21 25:26 26:10 2Sa 15:21 Jer 4:2 5:2

but an handful 2Ki 4:2-7 Mt 15:33,34

that we may eat it Ge 21:16 Jer 14:18 La 4:9 Eze 12:18,19 Joe 1:15,16

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

Fear not Ex 14:13 2Ki 6:16 2Ch 20:17 Isa 41:10,13 Mt 28:5 Ac 27:24

make me thereof Ge 22:1,2 Jud 7:5-7 Mt 19:21,22 Heb 11:17 1Pe 1:7

first Pr 3:9 Mal 3:10 Mt 6:33 10:37

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

thus saith 2Ki 3:16 7:1 9:6

The barrel of meal 1Ki 17:4 2Ki 4:2-7,42-44 Mt 14:17-20 15:36-38

sendeth [heb] giveth

15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

did according Ge 6:22 12:4 22:3 2Ch 20:20 Mt 15:28 Mr 12:43 Joh 11:40 Ro 4:19 4:20 Heb 11:7,8,17

many days. or, a full year.

16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.

the barrel Mt 9:28-30 19:26 Lu 1:37,45 Joh 4:50,51

according 1Ki 13:5

by Elijah [heb] by the hand of Elijah 1Ki 16:12

17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

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the son of the woman Ge 22:1,2 2Ki 4:18-20 Zec 12:10 Joh 11:3,4,14 Jas 1:2-4,12 1Pe 1:7 4:12

that there was Job 12:10 34:14 Ps 104:29 Da 5:23 Jas 2:26

18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

What have I 2Sa 16:10 19:22 2Ki 3:13 2Ch 35:21 Lu 4:34 5:8 8:28 Joh 2:4

O thou man 1Ki 13:1

art thou come 1Ki 18:9 Ge 42:21,22 50:15,17 1Sa 16:4 Job 13:23,26 Eze 21:23,24 Mr 5:7,15-17 6:16

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

into a loft 2Ki 4:10,21,32 Ac 9:37

20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?

he cried 1Ki 18:36,37 Ex 17:4 1Sa 7:8,9 2Ki 19:4,15 Ps 99:6 Mt 21:22 Jas 5:15-18

hast thou also Ge 18:23-25 Jos 7:8,9 Ps 73:13,14 Jer 12:1

21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

stretched himself [heb] measured himself 2Ki 4:33-35 Ac 10:10

O Lord my God. Ac 9:40 Heb 11:19

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

into him [heb] into his inward parts
and he revived De 32:39 1Sa 2:6 2Ki 13:21 Lu 8:54 Joh 5:28,29 11:43 Ac 20:12 Ro 14:9 Re 11:11

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

See, thy son liveth 2Ki 4:36,37 Lu 7:15 Ac 9:41 Heb 11:35

24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

Now by this Joh 2:11 3:2 4:42-48 11:15,42 15:24 16:30

the word Ec 12:10 1Th 2:13 1Jo 2:21