After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Kings 17:7 in context
1 Kings 17:4–10
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You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
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So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.
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The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
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After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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The LORD’s word came to him, saying,
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“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
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So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
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