Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17

65 catchwords448 parallels

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1 Kings 17 . 1 , Elijah , having prophesied against Ahab , is sent to Cherith where the ravens feed him; 1 Kings 17 . 8 , He is sent to the widow of Zarephath; 1 Kings 17 . 17 , He raises the widow’s son; 1 Kings 17 . 24 , The woman believes him.

1 Kings 17:1

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Elijah13 parallels

Heb. Elijahu

As the Lord God6 parallels

before whom5 parallels

dew nor rain3 parallels

Reciprocal51 parallels

am 3094 , bc 910

1 Kings 17:2

Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

1 Kings 17:2 · BSB

the whole verse7 parallels

Reciprocal1 parallel

1 Kings 17:3

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:3 · BSB

hide thyself10 parallels

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1 Kings 17:4

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

1 Kings 17:4 · BSB

I have commanded13 parallels

Reciprocal8 parallels

1 Kings 17:5

So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:5 · BSB

did according4 parallels

  • 1 Kings 19:9
  • Proverbs 3:5
  • Matthew 16:24
  • John 15:14 Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word , which may , by the per#### Verseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise , be made to appear inconsistent with fact. In this case , they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food , while the brook gave him drink , but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle , they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen , or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah , and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil , after the prophet had removed to Zarephath . the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death . the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers , in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water , although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith , and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance . the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights , after having eaten of the cake . the destruction of Ahaziah's messengers twice . the smiting of the waters at Jordan . the fall of the mantle on Elisha , and finally , in the closing scene of life , he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death , the sting was taken away

Reciprocal2 parallels

1 Kings 17:6

The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

1 Kings 17:6 · BSB

the ravens25 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

1 Kings 17:7

Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17:7 · BSB

the brook3 parallels

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am 3095 , bc 909

after a while Heb. at the end of days

1 Kings 17:8

Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

1 Kings 17:8 · BSB

the word4 parallels

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

1 Kings 17:9 · BSB

Zarephath2 parallels

which belongeth2 parallels

widow woman5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

1 Kings 17:10

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

1 Kings 17:10 · BSB

Fetch me5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

1 Kings 17:11

And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

1 Kings 17:11 · BSB

as she was going5 parallels

a morsel3 parallels

1 Kings 17:12

But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

1 Kings 17:12 · BSB

As the Lord10 parallels

but an handful3 parallels

that we may eat it7 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

1 Kings 17:13

“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

1 Kings 17:13 · BSB

Fear not7 parallels

make me thereof7 parallels

first4 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

1 Kings 17:14 · BSB

thus saith3 parallels

The barrel of meal5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

sendeth Heb. giveth

1 Kings 17:15

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

1 Kings 17:15 · BSB

did according12 parallels

Reciprocal2 parallels

many days or , a full year

1 Kings 17:16

The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

1 Kings 17:16 · BSB

the barrel6 parallels

according1 parallel

by Elijah1 parallel

Heb. by the hand of Elijah

Reciprocal1 parallel

1 Kings 17:17

Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

1 Kings 17:17 · BSB

the son of the woman11 parallels

that there was5 parallels

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am 3096 , bc 908

1 Kings 17:18

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

1 Kings 17:18 · BSB

What have I8 parallels

O thou man1 parallel

art thou come13 parallels

Reciprocal27 parallels

1 Kings 17:19

But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

1 Kings 17:19 · BSB

into a loft4 parallels

Reciprocal5 parallels

1 Kings 17:20

Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

1 Kings 17:20 · BSB

he cried10 parallels

hast thou also6 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

1 Kings 17:21

Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

1 Kings 17:21 · BSB

stretched himself2 parallels

Heb. measured himself

O Lord my God2 parallels

Reciprocal9 parallels

1 Kings 17:22

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17:22 · BSB

and he revived10 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

into him Heb. into his inward parts

1 Kings 17:23

Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

1 Kings 17:23 · BSB

thy son liveth5 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

1 Kings 17:24

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

1 Kings 17:24 · BSB

Now by this7 parallels

the word3 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web7 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Acts 20:10 → 1 Kings 17:17-24, Acts 9:32-43 → 1 Kings 17:17-24
Echoes Luke 7:1-10 → 1 Kings 17:9
Trajectories
Elijah (Prophet of Fire and Restoration)
Chiasms
Shaped 1 Kings 17:1–7, 1 Kings 17:17–18:2, 1 Kings 17:8–16
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