📖WEB · 1 Kings 17:2

What does 1 Kings 17:2 mean?

"Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,"

— 1 Kings 17:2 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

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

2

Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,

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 Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

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