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1 Kings 17:9
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Zarephath: Obadiah 1:20, Luke 4:26, Sarepta
which belongeth: Matthew 15:21, Matthew 15:22
widow woman: 1 Kings 17:4, Judges 7:2, Judges 7:4, Romans 4:17-21, 2 Corinthians 4:7
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 17:11 - a morsel 1 Kings 18:10 - they found thee not 1 Kings 19:6 - cake Jeremiah 36:26 - but Zechariah 9:2 - Zidon Matthew 10:11 - inquire Matthew 10:41 - that receiveth a prophet Matthew 21:3 - straightway Luke 7:12 - the only Revelation 12:6 - that
Cross-References
Beholde, I make my couenant with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations,
As for me, behold, I am establishing my covenant with you, and you shall be a father of many peoples.
"As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
"This is my part of our agreement: I will make you the father of many nations.
"Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.
As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
I promise that you will be the father of many nations. That's why I now change your name from Abram to Abraham.
"As for me, this is my covenant with you: you will be the father of many nations.
It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there,.... This might be a trial of the prophet's faith, to be sent to dwell in a place belonging to the Zidonians, among whom Jezebel had an interest, being the daughter of their king, 1 Kings 16:31, the place is so called, to distinguish it from another Zarephath, Obadiah 1:20, Kimchi interprets it, near to Zidon, yet not as belonging to it, but of the land of Israel; though it rather seems to be a Gentile city; it is called, in Luke 4:26 Sarepta of Sidon; and also by Pliny z; according to Josephus a, it was not far either from Sidon or Tyre, and lay between them; it was three quarters of a mile from Sidon; and so Mr. Maundrell b speaks of it as in the way from Sidon to Tyre, and which is now called Sarphan; of which he says, the place shown us for this city consisted only of a few houses, on the tops of the mountains, within about half a mile from the sea; but it is more probable the principal part of the city stood below in the space between the hills and the sea, there being ruins still to be seen in that place of a considerable extent; and a traveller into those parts many years before him says c, that he saw nothing of any building on the shore, but some small houses in the place where formerly the town of Sarepta did stand; and Bunting says d, there are at this time but eight houses in all the town, though by the ruins it seems to have been in times past a very fair city; and another e observes, that it is about three miles from Berytus:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee; not that this was declared to the woman, or that she had any orders from the Lord to support him; but that he had determined it in his mind, and would take care in his providence that he should be supplied by her: this was another trial of the prophet's faith, that he should be sent to a poor widow woman for his support, and she a Gentile; but he that had been so long fed by ravens, could have no reason to doubt of his being provided for in this way.
z Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 19. a Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 8. c. 13. sect. 2.) b Journey from Aleppo, &c. p. 48. c Rauwolff's Travels, par. 3. ch. 22. p. 326. d Ut supra. (Travels, &c. p. 205.) e Baumgarten. Peregrinatio, l. 3. c. 9. p. 126.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The dependence of Zarephath (Sarepta) on Sidon is indicated in the inscriptions of Sennacherib, where it is mentioned as belonging to Luliya (Elulaeus), king of Sidon, and as submitting to the Assyrian monarch on Luliya’s flight from his capital. Elijah may have been sent to this place, so near the city of Jezebel’s father, as one which it was most unlikely that he would visit.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Kings 17:9. Get thee to Zarephath — This was a town between Tyre and Sidon, but nearer to the latter, and is therefore called in the text Zarephath which belongeth to Sidon; or, as the Vulgate and other versions express it, Sarepta of the Sidonians. Sarepta is the name by which it goes in the New Testament; but its present name is Sarphan. Mr. Maundrell, who visited it, describes it as consisting of a few houses only on the tops of the mountains; but supposes that it anciently stood in the plain below, where there are still ruins of a considerable extent.
