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1 Kings 17:2

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And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
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  1. Jeremiah 11:1Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1THE word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

  2. Jeremiah 18:1Rank 2 from verse 2
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    1THE word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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    3¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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    22But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

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    1THE word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

    2The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

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1 Kings 17:2

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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17:1AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

17:2And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

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17:3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

17:5So he went and did according unto the word of the Lord: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

17:7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

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