1 Kings 17:1 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

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ASV

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

KJV

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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Commentary

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Ambrose of Milan

On Elijah and Fasting, Chapter 2, 2-3 (397)

Great is the virtue of fasting. Indeed, its military appearance is so beautiful that it delightfully attracts and elevates humans to heaven for fasting and for Christ: so powerful that it raises men up to heaven. And to use more human than divine examples, from the fasting mouth of Elijah a voice was uttered that closed heaven to the sacrilegious people of the Jews. For when Ahab, the king, had set up an altar to the idol, according to the words of the prophet, there was no rain for three years and six months upon the earth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

There should be neither dew nor rain for some years, none but according to my word, that is, "Expect none till you hear from me again." The apostle teaches us to understand this, not only of the word of prophecy, but the word of prayer, which turned the key of the clouds, James

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The name Elijah means “Yahweh is my God.” It is expressive of the truth which his whole life preached. The two words rendered “Tishbite” and “inhabitant” are in the original (setting aside the vowel points) “exactly alike.” The meaning consequently must either be “Elijah the stranger, of the strangers of Gilead,” or (more probably) “Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbi of Gilead.” Of Tishbi in Gilead there is no further trace in Scripture; it is to be distinguished from another Tishbi in Galilee.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֩	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ	'e.li.Ya.hu	Elijah	H452 →
הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י	ha.tish.Bi	the Tishbite	H8664 →
מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י	mi.to.sha.Vei	one of [the] resident aliens of	H8453 →
גִלְעָד֮	gil.'Ad	Gilead	H1568 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אַחְאָב֒	'ach.'Av	Ahab	H256 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֞ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	whom	H834 →
עָמַ֣דְתִּי	'a.Mad.ti	I stand	H5975 →
לְפָנָ֔יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
יִהְיֶ֛ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
הַשָּׁנִ֥ים	ha.sha.Nim	the years	H8141 →
הָאֵ֖לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
טַ֣ל	tal	dew	H2919 →
וּמָטָ֑ר	u.ma.Tar	and rain	H4306 →
כִּ֖י	ki	that	H3588 →
אִם־	'im-	except	H518 →
לְפִ֥י	le.Fi	to [the] mouth of	H6310 →
דְבָרִֽי׃ ס	de.va.Ri	word my	H1697 →

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Luke 1:17
And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to…
leads to
- Malachi 4:5–6
  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
- Matthew 11:14
  And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.
- Luke 1:76
  And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
- John 1:21–30
  “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- Matthew 17:11–12
  Jesus replied, “Elijah does indeed come, and he will restore all things.
Through
James 5:17
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
leads to
- Luke 4:25
  But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all…
- 1 Kings 18:1
  After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of…
- Revelation 11:6
  These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with…

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Kings