And 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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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass after a while,.... Or "at the end of days" (x), perhaps a year, which sometimes is the sense of this phrase, see Exo 13:10,
that the brook dried up; through the excessive heat,…
Adam Clarke
The brook dried up - Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see Deu 11:16, Deu 11:17.
The history of Elijah begins somewhat abruptly. Usually, when a prophet enters, we have some account of his parentage, are told whose son he was and of what tribe; but Elijah drops (so to speak) out…
Cambridge Bible
because there had been[R.V. was] no rain Not only had there been none, but the drought was continuing.