열왕기상 17:15-16 KRV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 17:16

The Widow's Cruse. Describe this incident in the life of Elijah. Show some of the ADVANTAGES which arose from his visit to Zarephath; e . g . , 1 . It was a means of blessing to himself . He found a true worshipper of Jehovah even in the coasts of Tyre, where, under the rule of Jezebel's father, one was least to be expected. This would strengthen his faith, and it would keep alive his hope that his work in Israel would "not be in vain in the Lord." We may sometimes assure... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 17:16

Entertaining a Stranger. We naturally ask why Elijah should have been sent at this crisis to Zarephath. The fact that it lay so near to the birthplace of Jezebel, and in the very home of the Baal worship, may have had something to do with this. It might be a safer place of retreat for the prophet than it seemed to be, for Ahab would scarcely dream of following him there. But other reasons are suggested by the use our Lord makes of this incident ( Luke 4:25 , Luke 4:26 ). The prophet... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 17:16

This is the first recorded miracle of its kind - a supernatural and inexplicable multiplication of food (compare 2 Kings 4:42-44; Matthew 14:15-21; Matthew 15:32-38). The sacred record does not explain these miracles; but if the explanations sometimes suggested - that there was a transformation of previously existing matter into meal, oil, fish, and bread - be the true one, the marvel of the thing would not be much greater than that astonishing natural chemistry by which, in the growth of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 17:15

1 Kings 17:15. She did according to the saying of Elijah Giving glory to the God of Israel, by believing his prophet. O woman, great was thy faith! One has not found the like, no not in Israel. All things considered, it exceeded that of the widow, who, when she had but two mites, cast them into the treasury. She took the prophet’s word that she should not lose by it, but it should be repaid with interest. “Those that can venture upon the promise of God,” says Henry, “will make no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 17:16

1 Kings 17:16. The barrel of meal wasted not, &c. But as much as they took out for their daily use, was immediately supplied by the almighty power of God. “Never did corn or olive so increase in growing,” says Bishop Hall, “as these did in using.” They multiplied, observe, not in the hoarding, but in the spending. For there is that scattereth, and yet increaseth. When God blesseth a little, it will go a great way, even beyond expectation; as on the contrary, though there be... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:1-24

16:29-22:53 MINISTRY OF ELIJAHJezebel’s Baalism in Israel (16:29-17:24)In a new political alliance, Ahab, the new king of Israel, married Jezebel, daughter of the king-priest of Phoenicia. Ahab not only accepted his wife’s Baalism, but also gave it official status in Israel by building a Baal temple in the capital (29-33). The Baalism imported by Jezebel was of a kind far more evil and far more dangerous to Israel’s religion than the common Canaanite Baalism practised at the high places.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 17:8-24

God’s revelation of His power 17:8-24God had a very unusual ministry for Elijah to perform in which he would stand alone against hundreds of opponents (1 Kings 18:16-40). This section reveals how the Lord prepared him for it.The site of Zarephath was between Tyre and Sidon in Phoenicia, the stronghold of the cult that Ahab had imported into Israel (cf. 1 Kings 16:31). Widows were poor in the ancient Near East and would have been the first to run out of food in a drought. [Note: See Richard D.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 17:1-24

Elijah and the Widow of ZarephathThe prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the prophetic figures of the OT. as a worker of miracles; and to him belongs the further distinction of having been removed from earth without dying. His prophecies differed from those of most later prophets in having in view only certain critical occasions of contemporary history, and in having no reference to the remote future or the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 17:15

(15) The barrel of meal wasted not.—The miracle is doubly remarkable. First, in this instance, as in the similar miracles of Elisha and of our Lord Himself, we see that God’s higher laws of miracle, like the ordinary laws of His providence, admit within their scope the supply of what we should consider as homely and trivial needs—in this respect perhaps contradicting what our expectation would have suggested. Next, that it is a miracle of multiplication, which is virtual creation—not... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 17:1-24

1 Kings 17:1 This miracle of the drought is one of the few which have received the countersign and imprimatur of our Blessed Lord. The statement that 'The heaven was shut up three years and six months' 'in the days of Elias' (St. Luke 4:25 ) does not rest on the unsupported authority of the compiler of the books of Kings, or the unknown writer from whom he derived it. We are told that this history is largely fabulous, but this part of the 'fable' at any rate has been accepted by Him who is 'the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 17:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 17:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 17:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 17:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 17:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:1-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Kings 17:8-24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 17:1-24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Kings 17:15

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Kings 17:1-24

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