1 Kings 17:14

for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Elijah addresses the widow of Zarephath immediately after instructing her to bake a small cake for him before preparing food for herself and her son.

The words — The Hebrew כֹּה (khoh, "thus") and כַּד (kad, "jar") frame the specific physical objects and the definitive nature of the divine declaration.

The thread — The pattern of sustaining life through limited rations recurs in Matthew 14:17, Matthew 15:36, and 2 Kings 4:42.

Why it lands — The passage requires immediate compliance with a divine instruction before the promised daily provision continues.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.

Cross-references

Matthew 15:36 Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Matthew 14:17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
2 Kings 4:42 Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
2 Kings 3:16 and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’
2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
1 Kings 17:4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
2 Kings 9:6 So Jehu got up and went into the house, where the young prophet poured the oil on his head and declared, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the LORD’s people Israel.
2 Kings 4:2 “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”