Key Verse Spotlight
1 Kings 17:6 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.”
1 Kings 17:6
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And it shall be, {that} thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. {after...: Heb. at the end of days}
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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