John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 17:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass after a while, etc.] Or “at the end of days” f370, perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, (see <021310> Exodus 13:10 <071710>Judges 17:10), that the brook dried up; through the excessive heat, and for want of supplies from the springs and fountains with which it was fed, and for the following reason: because there had been no rain in the land; from the time Elijah prayed and prophesied; of this drought mention is made in profane history: Menander, a Phoenician writer, speaks f371 of a drought in the times of Ithobalus (the same with Ethbaal the father of Jezebel), which lasted a whole year, and upon prayer being made there were thunder, etc.

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