📖WEB · 1 Kings 17:7
What does 1 Kings 17:7 mean?
"After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land."
— 1 Kings 17:7 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.
The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her, and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
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