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I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/17.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Go and live in the village of Zarephath, near the city of Sidon. I have instructed a widow there to feed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/17.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/17.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/17.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which <i>belongeth</i> to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/17.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which <i>belongs</i> to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/17.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide food for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/17.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/17.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/17.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/17.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/17.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/17.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/17.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/17.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"Go to the town of Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I've told a widow in that town to give you food." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/17.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/17.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Get up, go to Zarephath (which belongs to Sidon), and stay there. I've commanded a widow there to feed you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/17.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/17.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/17.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/17.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/17.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Look, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/17.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/17.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/17.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Rise, go to Zarephath, that [belongs] to Sidon, and you have dwelt there; behold, I have commanded a widow woman to sustain you there.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/17.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/17.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Arise, go to Zarephath which is to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I commanded a widow woman to nourish thee there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/17.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Arise, and go to Sarephta of the Sidonians, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow woman there to feed thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/17.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Rise up, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there. For I have instructed a widowed woman there to feed you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/17.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow there to feed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/17.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Go now to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and live there; for I have commanded a widow there to feed you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/17.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/17.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Arise, go to Tsarpath of Tsaydan and dwell there; behold I have commanded a widow woman there to nourish you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/17.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/17.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian <i>land</i>: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/17-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=6741" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/17.htm">The Widow of Zarephath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8</span>Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: qūm (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">“Get up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and go</a> <a href="/hebrew/6886.htm" title="6886: ṣā·rə·p̄a·ṯāh (N-proper-fs:: 3fs) -- Smelting place, a city S. of Sidon. From tsaraph; refinement; Tsarephath, a place in Palestine.">to Zarephath</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6721.htm" title="6721: lə·ṣî·ḏō·wn (Prep-l:: N-proper-fs) -- Or Tsiydon; from tsuwd in the sense of catching fish; fishery; Tsidon, the name of a son of Canaan, and of a place in Palestine.">of Sidon,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: wə·yā·šaḇ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">and stay</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I have commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman."></a> <a href="/hebrew/490.htm" title="490: ’al·mā·nāh (N-fs) -- A widow. Fem of 'alman; a widow; also a desolate place.">a widow</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3557.htm" title="3557: lə·ḵal·kə·le·ḵā (Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf:: 2ms) -- To comprehend, contain. A primitive root; properly, to keep in; hence, to measure; figuratively, to maintain.">to provide for you.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25-26</a></span><br />But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land. / Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21-28</a></span><br />Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. / And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a></span><br />Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-34.htm">Acts 10:34-35</a></span><br />Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism, / but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/12-1.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-8.htm">2 Kings 4:8-37</a></span><br />One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat. / Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God. / Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-2</a></span><br />The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, / to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-9.htm">John 4:9-10</a></span><br />“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) / Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a></span><br />As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-35.htm">Hebrews 11:35</a></span><br />Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9</a></span><br />The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-11.htm">Jeremiah 49:11</a></span><br />Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/17-24.htm">Ezekiel 17:24</a></span><br />Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have done it.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.</p><p class="hdg">Zarephath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Obadiah 1:20</a></b></br> And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel <i>shall possess</i> that of the Canaanites, <i>even</i> unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which <i>is</i> in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26</a></b></br> But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, <i>a city</i> of Sidon, unto a woman <i>that was</i> a widow.</p><p class="hdg">Sarepta </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21,22</a></b></br> Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon… </p><p class="hdg">widow woman</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">1 Kings 17:4</a></b></br> And it shall be, <i>that</i> thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Judges 7:2,4</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that <i>are</i> with thee <i>are</i> too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/4-17.htm">Romans 4:17-21</a></b></br> (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, <i>even</i> God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/11-16.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-12.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-8.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-4.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-27.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-5.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-49.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-59.htm">Maintain</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-33.htm">Once</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">Provide</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-12.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-6.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/2_samuel/12-27.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-4.htm">Sustain</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-26.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/luke/4-27.htm">Zarephath</a> <a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Zar'ephath</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">Zidon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/2-4.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Belongeth</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-3.htm">Belongs</a> <a href="/1_kings/18-40.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-13.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-8.htm">Dwelt</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-24.htm">Feed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-43.htm">Living-Place</a> <a href="/2_kings/8-19.htm">Maintain</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">Once</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">Provide</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-5.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-13.htm">Sidon</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-4.htm">Supply</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-21.htm">Sustain</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">Widow</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">Zarephath</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm">Zar'ephath</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/1-13.htm">Zidon</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 17</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/17-3.htm">is sent to Cherith where the ravens feed him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/17-8.htm">He is sent to the widow of Zarephath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">He raises the widow's son</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/17-24.htm">The woman believes him</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Zarephath is located in the region of Sidon, a Phoenician city outside of Israel's borders. This is significant because it shows God's sovereignty and provision extending beyond Israel, foreshadowing the inclusion of Gentiles in God's plan of salvation. The journey to Zarephath would have been long and arduous, emphasizing Elijah's obedience and trust in God's provision. Zarephath, meaning "smelting place," symbolizes a place of refining, both for Elijah and the widow he is about to meet. This area is also the homeland of Jezebel, Ahab's wife, highlighting the irony and challenge of God sending Elijah into enemy territory.<p><b>Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.</b><br>Widows in ancient times were often among the most vulnerable and impoverished, lacking a male protector or provider. God's choice of a widow to sustain Elijah underscores His power to use the weak and unlikely to fulfill His purposes. This act of provision is a testament to God's faithfulness and a reminder of His care for the marginalized. The widow's obedience to God's command, despite her dire circumstances, is a powerful example of faith and trust. This narrative prefigures the New Testament account of Jesus commending the faith of a widow who gave all she had (<a href="/mark/12-41.htm">Mark 12:41-44</a>). Additionally, this story is referenced by Jesus in <a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25-26</a>, where He highlights God's grace extending to Gentiles, challenging the exclusivity of His audience's understanding of God's favor.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a></b><br>A prophet of God, known for his faithfulness and miraculous works. In this passage, he is instructed by God to go to Zarephath.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zarephath.htm">Zarephath</a></b><br>A town in the region of Sidon, outside of Israel, significant for being a Gentile area. It is here that God sends Elijah during a time of drought and famine.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/widow_of_zarephath.htm">Widow of Zarephath</a></b><br>A Gentile woman chosen by God to provide for Elijah. Her obedience and faith play a crucial role in the unfolding events.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sidon.htm">Sidon</a></b><br>A region known for its pagan practices, highlighting the significance of God’s provision coming from an unexpected place.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/drought_and_famine.htm">Drought and Famine</a></b><br>A severe drought, a result of Israel's disobedience, sets the stage for God's miraculous provision through unlikely means.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_provision.htm">God's Sovereignty and Provision</a></b><br>God’s command to Elijah to go to Zarephath demonstrates His control over all circumstances and His ability to provide through unexpected sources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_action.htm">Faith in Action</a></b><br>The widow’s obedience to God’s command, despite her dire circumstances, exemplifies faith in action. Believers are encouraged to trust God’s provision even when it seems unlikely.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cross-cultural_grace.htm">Cross-Cultural Grace</a></b><br>God’s choice of a Gentile widow to sustain Elijah foreshadows the inclusion of Gentiles in God’s redemptive plan, reminding believers of the universal scope of God’s grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_in_uncertainty.htm">Obedience in Uncertainty</a></b><br>Elijah’s willingness to go to a foreign land and the widow’s willingness to share her last meal teach the importance of obedience to God’s word, even when the future is uncertain.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_17.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 17</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elijah_aid_the_widow_in_famine.htm">How did Elijah help the widow during the famine?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_1_kings_17_14_have_historical_proof.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological support for the miraculous provision of flour and oil (1 Kings 17:14), or does this story conflict with known evidence? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_can_he_find_a_place_to_stay.htm">Where can he find a place to stay?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_elijah's_story_in_1_kings_verified.htm">Are there references outside the Bible that corroborate Elijah's activities in 1 Kings 17, or does his story lack external historical attestation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/17.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">Zarephath</span>--the <span class= "ital">Sarepta</span> of the LXX. and of the New Testament (<a href="/luke/4-26.htm" title="But to none of them was Elias sent, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.">Luke 4:26</a>). It is said by Josephus to have lain between Tyre and Sidon, and by St. Jerome to have been on the great coast-road. Hence it has been identified with a modern village, <span class= "ital">Surafend</span>, in that position. The words, "which belongeth to Zidon," appear to be emphatic, marking the striking providence of God, which, when the land of Israel was apostate and unsafe, found for the prophet a refuge and a welcome in a heathen country, which was moreover the native place of his deadliest enemy.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/17.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Arise, get thee to Zarephath</span> [Cf. <a href="/obadiah/1.htm">Obadiah 1:20</a>. The name points to furnaces or workshops for the refining of metals, <span class="hebrew">צָרַפ</span>, <span class="accented">liquavit</span>. LXX. <span class="greek">Σαρεπτὰ</span>; cf. <a href="/luke/4-26.htm">Luke 4:26</a>. It is now represented by an insignificant village, <span class="accented">Surafend</span>, which, however, preserves the original name. It lies still, as no doubt it did then, on the high road between Tyre and Sidon, and on the shore. The prophet would thus be in the lion's den, in the very heart of the dominions of Ethbaal. See Porter, 2:397. Stanley (S. and P. p. 268) shows how the memory of this visit still lingers in the traditions of the neighbourhood], <span class="cmt_word">which belongeth to Zidon</span> [Sidon is visible from a spot a quarter of an hour distant. "The dependence of Sarepta on Sidon is indicated in the inscriptions of Sennacherib, where it is mentioned as belonging to Luliya, king of Sidon," Rawlinson], and dwell there: behold, I <span class="cmt_word">have commanded a</span> widow woman <span class="cmt_word">there to</span> sustain <span class="cmt_word">thee</span> [In considering these words the generally destitute condition of the widow of the East should be borne in mind (<a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1</a>; <a href="/1_timothy/5-3.htm">1 Timothy 5:3-5</a>, etc.) We gather from <a href="/luke/4-25.htm">Luke 4:25, 26</a>, that it was for her sake as well as his that the prophet was sent thither. <a href="/matthew/15-21.htm">Matthew 15:21-28</a> tells of another Syro-Phoenician woman.] <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/17-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Get up,</span><br /><span class="heb">ק֣וּם</span> <span class="translit">(qūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">go</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵ֤ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(lêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to Zarephath</span><br /><span class="heb">צָרְפַ֙תָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ṣā·rə·p̄a·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6886.htm">Strong's 6886: </a> </span><span class="str2">Zarephath -- 'smelting place', a city South of Sidon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Sidon,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְצִיד֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ṣî·ḏō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6721.htm">Strong's 6721: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stay</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·šaḇ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there.</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have commanded</span><br /><span class="heb">צִוִּ֥יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(ṣiw·wî·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a widow</span><br /><span class="heb">אַלְמָנָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’al·mā·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_490.htm">Strong's 490: </a> </span><span class="str2">A widow, a desolate place</span><br /><br /><span class="word">there</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to provide for you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵal·kə·le·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3557.htm">Strong's 3557: </a> </span><span class="str2">To keep in, to measure, to maintain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/17-9.htm">1 Kings 17:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/17-9.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 17:9 Arise get you to Zarephath which belongs (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/17-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 17:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 17:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/17-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 17:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 17:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>