Gen 20:7, 1Ki 17:9-15, 20-24, 18:3-4, 2Ki 4:8-10, 16-17, 32-37 | TSK | STEP | a prophet.The word {navi,} rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa ch. 10. The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet. pray. surely. all.

Genesis 20:7

a prophet.The word {navi,} rendered a prophet, not only signifies one who foretell future events, but also an intercessor, instructor. See 1 Sa ch. 10.

1Ki 18:1-46; 1Co 14:4The title was also given to men eminent for eloquence and literary abilities: hence Aaron, because he was the spokesman of Moses to the Egyptian king, is called a prophet.

Ex 4:16; 7:1; 12:1-3; 18:17; 7:1; 1Ch 16:22; Ps 25:14; 105:9-15

Heb 1:1

pray.

Le 6:4,7; 1Sa 7:5,8; 12:19,23; 2Sa 24:17; 1Ki 13:6; 2Ki 5:11; 19:2-4

Job 42:8; Jer 14:11; 15:1; 27:18; Jas 5:14-16; 1Jo 5:16; Re 11:5,6

surely.

18; 2:17; 12:17; Job 34:19; Ps 105:14; Eze 3:18; 33:8,14-16; Heb 13:4

all.

12:15; Nu 16:32,33; 2Sa 24:17

1 Kings 17:9-15

Zarephath.

Ob 1:20; Lu 4:26

Sarepta. which belongeth.

Mt 15:21,22

widow woman.

4; Jud 7:2,4; Ro 4:17-21; 2Co 4:7

Fetch me.

Ge 21:15; 24:17; Joh 4:7; 2Co 11:27; Heb 11:37

as she was going.

Ge 24:18,19; Mt 10:42; 25:35-40; Heb 13:2

a morsel.

9; 18:4; Ge 18:5

As the Lord.

1; 1Sa 14:39,45; 20:3,21; 25:26; 26:10; 2Sa 15:21; Jer 4:2; 5:2

but an handful.

2Ki 4:2-7; Mt 15:33,34

that we may eat it.

Ge 21:16; Jer 14:18; La 4:9; Eze 12:18,19; Joe 1:15,16

Fear not.

Ex 14:13; 2Ki 6:16; 2Ch 20:17; Isa 41:10,13; Mt 28:5; Ac 27:24

make me thereof.

Ge 22:1,2; Jud 7:5-7; Mt 19:21,22; Heb 11:17; 1Pe 1:7

first.

Pr 3:9; Mal 3:10; Mt 6:33; 10:37

thus saith.

2Ki 3:16; 7:1; 9:6

The barrel of meal.

4; 2Ki 4:2-7,42-44; Mt 14:17-20; 15:36-38

sendeth. Heb. giveth.

did according.

Ge 6:22; 12:4; 22:3; 2Ch 20:20; Mt 15:28; Mr 12:43; Joh 11:40

Ro 4:19,20; Heb 11:7,8,17

many days. or, a full year.

1 Kings 17:20-24

he cried.

18:36,37; Ex 17:4; 1Sa 7:8,9; 2Ki 19:4,15; Ps 99:6; Mt 21:22

Jas 5:15-18

hast thou also.

Ge 18:23-25; Jos 7:8,9; Ps 73:13,14; Jer 12:1

stretched himself. Heb. measured himself.

2Ki 4:33-35; Ac 10:10

O Lord my God.

Ac 9:40; Heb 11:19

into him. Heb. into his inward parts. and he revived.

De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; 2Ki 13:21; Lu 8:54; Joh 5:28,29; 11:43; Ac 20:12

Ro 14:9; Re 11:11

See, thy son liveth.

2Ki 4:36,37; Lu 7:15; Ac 9:41; Heb 11:35

Now by this.

Joh 2:11; 3:2; 4:42-48; 11:15,42; 15:24; 16:30

the word.

Ec 12:10; 1Th 2:13; 1Jo 2:21

1 Kings 18:3-4

Obadiah. Heb. Obadiahu. the governor of his house. Heb.over his house.

Ge 24:2,10; 39:4,5,9; 41:40

feared the Lord.

12; Ge 22:12; 42:18; 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:15; 7:2; Pr 14:26; Mal 3:16

Mt 10:28; Ac 10:2,35

Jezebel. Heb. Izabel. cut off the prophets.

Ne 9:26; Mt 21:35; Re 17:4-6

in a cave.

Heb 11:38

fed them.

13; 2Ki 6:22,23; Mt 10:40-42; 25:35,40

bread and water.

13:8,9,16

2 Kings 4:8-10

it fell on. Heb. there was.

11,18

Shunem.This city was situated in the tribe of Issachar, five miles south from mount Tabor, according to Eusebius; and is probably the place which he calls Sanim, in Acrabatene, in the neighbourhood of Samaria or Sebaste.

12; Jos 19:18; 1Sa 28:4; 1Ki 1:3

a great woman.

2Sa 19:32; Job 1:3; 32:9; Lu 1:15

she constrained him. Heb. she laid hold on him.

Ge 19:3; Jud 19:20; Pr 7:21; Lu 14:23; 24:29; Ac 16:15

she said.

Pr 31:10,11; 1Pe 3:1

this is.

Mt 5:16; 1Th 2:10; Tit 1:8; 2Pe 1:21; 3:2

man of God.

De 33:1; 1Ki 13:1; 17:18,24; 1Ti 6:11

Let us.

Isa 32:8; Mt 10:41,42; 25:40; Mr 9:41; Lu 8:3; Ro 12:13; Heb 10:24

Heb 13:2; 1Pe 4:9,10

a little chamber.An {âleeyah,} or {oleäh,} as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a great privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his devotions. See the notes on Jud 3:20.

1Ki 17:19