"And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake bye Elijah."
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Verse 1 Kings 17:16. _THE BARREL OF MEAL WASTED NOT_] She continued to
take out of her jar and out of her bottle the quantity of _meal_ and
_oil_ requisite for the consumption of her household; and wi...
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This is the first recorded miracle of its kind - a supernatural and
inexplicable multiplication of food (compare 2 Kings 4:42; Matthew
14:15; Matthew 15:32). The sacred record does not explain these
m...
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IV. THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND KING AHAB
1. Elijah's Prediction and Miracles
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Elijah's message to Ahab (1 Kings 17:1)_
2. At the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:2)
3. With the widow of Zarep...
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ELIJAH IS FED BY RAVENS, AND RAISES THE WIDOW'S SON. Elijah appeared
suddenly: we hear nothing of his birth or parentage. He simply
announced to Ahab, in the name of Yahweh, before whom I stand (_cf._...
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DISCOURSE: 342
ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF SAREPTA
1 Kings 17:15. _And she went and did according to the saying of
Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. And the
barrel of meal wasted...
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C. ELIJAH AT ZAREPHATH 17:8-24
As the water supply at Cherith began to fail, God instructed Elijah to
leave the land of Israel and journey to the Phoenician village of
Zarephath. Two great miraculous...
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_AND SHE WENT AND DID ACCORDING TO THE SAYING OF ELIJAH: AND SHE, AND
HE, AND HER HOUSE, DID EAT MANY DAYS._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
The prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding
history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the
prophetic figures of the OT. as a w...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
ELIJAH THE *PROPHET
V1 Now Elijah from Tishbe in Gilead spoke to Ahab. ‘I promise this
in the name of the *Lord because he is definite...
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כַּ֤ד הַ קֶּ֨מַח֙ לֹ֣א כָלָ֔תָה וְ
צַפַּ֥חַת הַ שֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑ר כִּ
דְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה...
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THE JAR OF MEAL THAT WASTED NOT
1 Kings 17:8
Even at Cherith we cannot be exempt from trial, and it is hard to sit
beside a gradually dwindling brook. But God always provides. None of
them that trus...
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Here began a new order, the prophetic. Of course there had been
prophets before, but with the coming of Elijah the office was elevated
to national importance. From this point onwards, in the economy o...
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(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.
(17) В¶ And it came to pass after these things, that the son of...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18.
Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of
a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but
who ha...
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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. There
being a continual increase and supply of both, through the migh...
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1 Kings 17:16 [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.
Ver. 16. _And the barrel of meal wasted not._] There...
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_The barrel of meal wasted not_, &c. But as much as they took out for
their daily use, was immediately supplied by the almighty power of
God. “Never did corn or olive so increase in growing,” says Bis...
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1 Elijah hauing prophecied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the
rauens feed him.
8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath.
17 Hee raiseth the widowes sonne.
24 The woman beleeueth him.
1 AND...
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ELIJAH IN ZAREPHATH...
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ELIJAH PROPHESIES A DROUGHT
(vs.1-7)
Ahab was suddenly confronted by a prophet who had never been mentioned
before, Elijah the Tishbite, the first prophet of God spoken of as
arising from among the...
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BY:
_ Heb._ by the hand of...
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8-16 Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, and some, it is
likely, would have bidden him welcome to their houses; yet he is sent
to honour and bless with his presence a city of Sidon, a Ge...
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God still creating new, as fast as the old was spent....
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1 Kings 17:16 bin H3537 flour H7058 up H3615 (H8804) jar H6835 oil
H8081 dry H2638 word H1697 LORD H3068 spoke H1696 (H8765) by H3027
Elijah H452
the barrel - Matthew 9:28-30, Matthew 19:26;...
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YHWH MAKES PROVISION FOR ELIJAH WITH A WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH (1 KINGS
17:8).
The water in the Wadi Cherith having almost dried up, God now directed
Elijah to go to Zarephath, where He would arrange for...
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CONTENTS: Elijah's ministry and prediction of drought. Elijah fed.
Raising of the widow's son.
CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Ahab, Sarephath woman, her son.
CONCLUSION: God can wonderfully raise up serva...
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1 Kings 17:1. _Elijah the Tishbite._ His parentage is not named, but
the Jews call him a levite or a priest. He swore to Ahab in the name,
not of Baal, but of Jehovah. As the Lord had promised
covenan...
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_The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail._
THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BARREL
In the midst of wrath God remembers mercy. Divine love is rendered
conspicuous when it shines in the mids...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 17:1 Elijah and Ahab. Other prophets had
addressed earlier kings (see 1 Kings 14:7; 1 Kings 16:1). Until now no
one had addressed the house of Omri. But now Elijah is introduce...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 17:9. ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGETH TO ZIDON—_Sarepta_, situate
between Tyre and Sidon, in the native land of Jezebel. Yet this
“widow” knew JEHOVAH (1 Kings 17:...
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EXPOSITION
ELIJAH AND THE GREAT DROUGHT.—The picture which the historian has
just drawn of the shameless idolatry and the gross degeneracy of the
earlier part of Ahab's reign forms a fit prelude to an...
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By Chuck Smith
Let's turn to the First Kings, chapter seventeen.
The seventeenth chapter of First Kings introduces us now to a very
interesting character, Elijah the Tishbite, whatever Tishbite means....
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1 Kings 13:5; 1 Kings 16:12; John 4:50; John 4:51; Luke 1:37; Luke
1:45; Matthew 19:26; Matthew 9:28...
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JEHOVAH-JIREH
_Selections from 1 Kings 17:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our God is the God who is enough. There is no good thing which He
withholds from them who walk uprightly. Our God is able to make all...
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Wasted not — See how the reward answered the service. She made one
cake for the prophet and was repaid with many for herself and her son.
What is laid out in charity is set out to the best interest, a...