1 Kings 17:4 - Printer Friendly

ESV: You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

NIV: You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there."

NASB: And it shall be that you will drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide food for you there.'

CSB: You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

NLT: Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.'

KJV: And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

NKJV: And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

This was originally the first half of a combined text. First Kings records the end of David's reign and the rule of Solomon. After this, the kingdom is split in two. The northern nation of Israel no longer submits to the king of the southern nation, called Judah. The prophet Elijah first appears in this book. The kings mostly fail to honor the Lord. They participate in idolatry and other sins. This will eventually result in their conquest and exile, as depicted throughout the books of Chronicles.

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