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Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 17:6

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1 Kings17:6

6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning , and bread and flesh in the evening : and he drank of the brook.

Not raw, but boiled by the Ministry of some Angel or Man, and left in some place or places till the Ravens came for it: in all which, there is nothing incredible, considering the Power and Providence of God.

i. e. For Dinner and Supper, according to the custom. See Gen. 43. 25. Ruth 2. 14. Luk. 14. 12. Act. 10. 9. 10.

Heb. at the end of days; i. e. Of a year; for so the Word days is oft used, as by many, in Exod. 13. 10. Levit. 25. 29. Numb. 9. 22. Iudg. 17. 10. 1 Sam. 1. 3. and 27. 7. And this seems to be a convenient time for the drying up of the Brook, which was gradually dried up. And so this agrees well with Chap. 18. 1. in the third year: of which, see the notes there.

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