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1 Kings 17 is the seventeenth chapter of the Books of Kings in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Kings in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is a compilation of various annals recording the acts of the kings of Israel and Judah by a Deuteronomic compiler in the seventh century BCE, with a supplement added in the sixth century BCE. [3]
1 Kings 17:21-22 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, "O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again". 22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
The Jerusalem Bible divides the two Books of Kings into eight sections: 1 Kings 1:1–2:46. The Davidic succession; 1 Kings 3:1–11:43. Solomon in all his glory; 1 Kings 12:1–13:34. The political and religious schism; 1 Kings 14:1–16:34. The two kingdoms until Elijah; 1 Kings 17:1 – 2 Kings 1:18. The Elijah cycle; 2 Kings 2:1–13:25 ...
1 kings 17 Elijah gives a warning to Ahab, king of Israel, that there will be years of drought. Elijah is sent to a widow who tells him she hasn't enough flour or oil.
Solomon suspected in this request an aspiration to the throne, since Abishag was considered David's concubine, [8] [9] and so ordered Adonijah's assassination (1 Kings 2:17–25). In the earlier story of Absalom 's rebellion, it is noted that having sexual relations with the former king's concubine is a way of proclaiming oneself to be the new ...
By marriage, he allied with Jehoshaphat, who was the king of Judah (2 Kings 8:16–18). Aram-Damascus was the only foreign state that Ahab opposed but he made peace with them after their king promised to withdraw from conquered territory. He also allowed Ahab to conquer Aramean territory to compensate (1 Kings 20:34). [14] [14]