1 Kings 17 · Verse 2

1 Kings 17:2

And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
1 Kings 17:2, King James Version

1 Kings 17:2 in other translations

BSBThen a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
WEBThen the LORD’s word came to him, saying,
ASVAnd the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,
YLTAnd the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,
DARBYAnd the word of Jehovah came to him saying,
BBEThen the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
WebsterAnd the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

What does 1 Kings 17:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Kings 17:2-3
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 directed to repair to a place of retreat, perhaps a cave on "the brook Cherith, that is, before [east of] Jordan." Tradition points it out in a small winter torrent, a little below the ford at Beth-shan.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 17:1-7

God wonderfully suits men to the work he designs them for. The times were fit for an Elijah; an Elijah was fit for them. The Spirit of the Lord knows how to fit men for the occasions. Elijah let Ahab know that God was displeased with the idolaters, and would chastise them by the want of rain, which it was not in the power of the gods they served to bestow. Elijah was commanded to hide himself. If Providence calls us…

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1 Kings 17:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand it cameH1961
דְבַר\־de.var-[the] word ofH1697
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֵלָ֥יו'e.Lavto himH413
לֵאמֹֽר\׃le.Mor<to> sayingH559

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 17:2

  • 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 Chronicles 17:3

    And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

  • Hosea 1:1-2

    The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

  • 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,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:22; 1Ch 17:3; Jer 7:1; 11:1; 18:1; Ho 1:1,2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Kings 17:1

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

  • 1 Kings 17:2

    And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

  • 1 Kings 17:3

    Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

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1 Kings 17:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y fué á él palabra de Jehová, diciendo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la parole de l’ Éternel vint à lui, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es geschah das Wort Jehovas zu ihm also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et factum est verbum Domini ad eum, dicens: