1 Kings 17:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1 Kings 17:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 18:1
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah 11:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
1 Kings 12:22
But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
Jeremiah 7:1
The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
1 Chronicles 17:3
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2-3. the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, &c.--At first the king may have spurned the prediction as the utterance of a vain enthusiast; but when he found the drought did last and increase in severity, he sought Elijah, who, as it was necessary that he should be far removed from either the violence or the importunities of the king, was divinely directe…