King James Version
1 Kings 17:4 in the King James Version says “And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.”
1 Kings 17:4 · KJV
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“of the brook”
H5158a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to feed”
H3557properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain (in various senses)
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