Deu 33:25, 1Ki 17:4-6, 14-16, 2Ki 7:1-2, Luk 11:3, Heb 13:5-6 | TSK | STEP | Thy shoes, etc. or, Under thy shoes shall be iron. and as thy.

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes, etc. or, Under thy shoes shall be iron.

8:9; Lu 15:22; Eph 6:15

and as thy.

2Ch 16:9; Ps 138:3; Isa 40:29; 41:10; 1Co 10:13; 2Co 12:9,10

Eph 6:10; Php 4:13; Col 1:11

1 Kings 17:4-6

I have commanded.

9; 19:5-8; Nu 20:8; Job 34:29; 38:8-13,41; Ps 33:8,9; 147:9

Am 9:3,4; Mt 4:4,11

did according.

19:9; Pr 3:5; Mt 16:24; Joh 15:14Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired Word, which may, by the perverseness 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.

the ravens.

Ex 16:35; Nu 11:23; Jud 14:14; 15:18,19; Ps 34:9,10; 37:3,19

Ps 78:15,16,23,24; Isa 33:16; Jer 37:21; 40:4; Hab 3:17,18

Mt 6:31-33; 14:19-21; 19:26; Lu 22:35; Heb 6:18; 13:5,6

1 Kings 17:14-16

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.

the barrel.

Mt 9:28-30; 19:26; Lu 1:37,45; Joh 4:50,51

according.

13:5

by Elijah. Heb. by the hand of Elijah.

16:12

2 Kings 7:1-2

1 Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in Samaria.

3 Four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight.

12 The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians.

17 The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to death in the press.

Elisha said. See on ch.

6:33; 20:16; 1Ki 22:19; Isa 1:10; Eze 37:4

To-morrow.

18,19; Ex 8:23; 9:5,6; 14:13; 16:12; Jos 3:5; 1Sa 11:9; Ps 46:5

a measure of fine flour.A {seah} of flour: the {seah} was about two gallons and a half; the shekel 2s. 4d. at the lowest computation: a wide difference between this and the price of the ass's head.

6:25; Re 6:6

of barley.

4:42; Joh 6:9

in the gate of Samaria.From this it appears that the gates were not only used as courts of judicature, but as market-places. So Mr. Morier observes: "In our rides we usually went out of the town at the {Derwazeh Shah Abdul Azeem,} or the gate leading to the village of Shah Abdul Azeem, where a market was held every morning, particularly of horses, mules, asses, and camels. At about sun-rise, the owners of the animals assemble and exhibit them for sale. But besides, here were sellers of all sorts of goods, in temporary shops and tents: and this, perhaps, will explain the custom alluded to in 2 Ki 7:18."

a lord, etc. or, a lord which belonged to the king, leaningon his hand.

5:18

if the Lord.

Ge 18:12-14; Nu 11:21-23; Ps 78:19-21,41

windows.

Ge 7:11; Mal 3:10

thou shalt see it.

17-20; De 3:27; 2Ch 20:20; Isa 7:9; Ro 3:3; 2Ti 2:13; Heb 3:17-19