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1 Kings 17:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. "

1 Kings 17:5

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3 “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

4 You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

5 So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

7 After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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1 Kings 17:1

"Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”"

1 Kings 17:2

"Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,"

1 Kings 17:3

"“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan."

1 Kings 17:4

"You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”"

1 Kings 17:6

"The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook."

1 Kings 17:7

"After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land."

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