1 Kings 17:7
in 1 Kings 17Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
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ASV
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
KJV
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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This verse in 1 Kings 17
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe brook dried up - Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see Deu 11:16, Deu 11:17.
This 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.
This site's exposition
the brook dried up
John Wesley notes that the dry brook also struck the Israelites who lived near it and had drawn water from it. The judgment Elijah spoke at verse 1 now reaches his own hiding place. The prophet shares the thirst of the land.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
A while - Hebrew. at the end of days; that is, of a year; for so the word days is often used. Dried - God so ordering it, for the punishment of those Israelites who lived near it, and had hitherto been refreshed by it: and for the exercise of Elijah's faith, and to teach him to depend upon God alone.
) because there was no rain. If the heavens fail, earth fails of course; such are all our creature-comforts; we lose them when we most need them, like the brooks in summer, Job vi. But there is a river which makes glad the city of God and which never runs dry ( Ps. xlvi.
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The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֛י | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִקֵּ֥ץ | miketz | from [the] end of | H7093 → | |
| יָמִ֖ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ | vaiyivash | and it dried up | H3001 → | |
| הַנָּ֑חַל | hanachal | the wadi | H5158 → | 141 times |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| הָיָ֥ה | hayah | it had been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| גֶ֖שֶׁם | geshem | rain | H1653 → | 35 times |
| בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ ס | baaretz | in the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
וַיְהִ֛יand it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
מִקֵּ֥ץfrom [the] end of
miketzH7093 →
יָמִ֖יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
וַיִּיבַ֣שׁand it dried up
vaiyivashH3001 →
הַנָּ֑חַלthe wadi
hanachalH5158 →141 times
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
הָיָ֥הit had been
hayahH1961 →3559 times
גֶ֖שֶׁםrain
geshemH1653 →35 times
בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ סin the land
baaretzH776 →2504 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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
Isaiah 54:10Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has…
it leads to
- Psalms 89:33–34
But I will not withdraw My loving devotion from him, nor ever betray My faithfulness.
- Psalms 46:2
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is transformed and the mountains are toppled into the depths of the seas,
- Ephesians 2:4–5
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
- Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
- Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Psalms 89:33–34
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.