John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 17:7
And it came to pass after a while ,.... Or "at the end of days" F24 מקץ ימים "in, vel a, fine dierum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; , perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see Exodus 13:10 , that the brook dried up ; through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following reason: because there had been no rain in the land ; from the time Elijah prayed and prophesied; of this... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 17:1-7
The history of Elijah begins somewhat abruptly. Usually, when a prophet enters, we have some account of his parentage, are told whose son he was and of what tribe; but Elijah drops (so to speak) out of the clouds, as if, like Melchisedek, he were without father, without mother, and without descent, which made some of the Jews fancy that he was an angel sent from heaven; but the apostle has assured us that he was a man subject to like passions as we are (Jas. 5:17), which perhaps intimates, not... read more