1 Kings 17:5
in 1 Kings 17So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
KJV
So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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This verse in 1 Kings 17
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
did according unto the word of the Lord
on 1 Kings 17:5-7
Elijah obeys at once and settles by the brook until it fails after a while, at the end of days, Wesley notes, meaning a year, the season a severe drought would need to dry a perennial stream. Clarke ties the drought itself to the curse Deuteronomy attached to a land that turns after other gods, that the Lord's wrath be kindled and he shut up the heaven. The drying brook lays a second trial on the first, teaching the prophet who called the drought to depend on the God who sent it rather than on the brook itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So he went, and did according to the word of the Lord,.... Took his journey eastward, and hid himself in the place directed to: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan; see Gill on 1Ki 17:3.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיַּ֖עַשׂ | vaiyaas | and he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כִּדְבַ֣ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ | vaiyeshev | and he dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בְּנַ֣חַל | benachal | at [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| כְּרִ֔ית | kerit | Kerith | H3747 → | |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | haiyarden | the Jordan | H3383 → | 182 times |
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
וַיַּ֖עַשׂand he did
vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times
כִּדְבַ֣רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיֵּ֗לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙and he dwelt
vaiyeshevH3427 →1079 times
בְּנַ֣חַלat [the] wadi of
benachalH5158 →141 times
כְּרִ֔יתKerith
keritH3747 →
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃the Jordan
haiyardenH3383 →182 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
it leads to
- Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Psalms 37:5
Through
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:38
and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
- Luke 14:27
And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- 1 Peter 4:1–2
Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Matthew 10:38
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.