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See also 1 Kings 17 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    1 KINGS 17-19. These Chapter s come from another source, which relates the adventures of the great prophet Elijah. They are rightly reckoned among the finest pieces of prose writing in the OT. They ab...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ELIJAH, BEING HID, IS FED BY RAVENS: HE GOES TO A WIDOW WOMAN OF ZAREPHAH, WHOSE OIL AND MEAL FAIL NOT, TILL GOD SENDS RAIN: HE RAISES HER DEAD SON TO LIFE._ _Before Christ 909._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER THIRTEEN YAHWEH VS. BAAL 1 Kings 17-18 Even a superficial survey of the narratives in the final Chapter s of I Kings and the opening Chapter s of 2Kings reveals that the materials here are qu...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 age; (a-9) Lit. 'days.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XVII. With this chapter begins the third section of the book, marked by a complete change in the character of the history. Drawn evidently not from official annals, but from records of the lives of th...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 17 This chapter begins with a prophecy of Elijah, that there should be want of rain for some years to come, and he is directed to go first to the brook Cherith, where he shoul...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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 ...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Elijah fed by ravens. (1-7) Elijah sent to Zarephath. (8-16) Elijah raises the widow's son to life. (17-24)...

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