Zarephath

How Nave’s arranged it

• (A city between Tyre and Sidon)
• Elijah performs two miracles in1 Kings 17:8–24
• Called SAREPTA (A. V.) inLuke 4:26

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. 1 Kings 17:8–24

   Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 17:8–242 voices

   “Meeting, at his entrance into the town, the very woman who was appointed by divine providence to support him, his faith was severely tested by learning from her that her supplies were exhausted and that she was preparing her last meal for herself and son.

   “And the word of the Lord came unto him,.... As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up: saying; as follows.

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2. Luke 4:26

   Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.

   ›Commentary on Luke 4:262 voices

   “26, 27. save . . . saving--"but only." (Compare Mr 13:32, Greek.) Sarepta--"Zarephath" (1Ki 17:9), a heathen village between Tyre and Sidon. (See Mr 7:24.) 28, 29. when they heard these things--these allusions to the heathen, just as afterwards with Paul (Ac 22:21, 22).

   “But unto none of them was Elias sent,.... That is, to none of the poor widows in the land of Israel was the prophet sent, to supply them with food, and relieve them in their famishing circumstances, as might most reasonably have been expected: save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon; which in 1Ki 17:10 is called "Zarephath"; and by the Septuagint there, "Sarepta of Sidon", as here.

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