1 Kings 17:9 ““Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have c…”

1 Kings 17:9

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

World English Bible

“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”

American Standard Version

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

Geneva Bible 1599

Vp, and get thee to Zarephath, which is in Zidon, and remaine there: beholde, I haue commanded a widow there to sustaine thee.

Darby Translation

Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.

Young's Literal Translation

'Rise, go to Zarephath, that [is] to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'

Bible in Basic English

Up! go now to Zarephath, in Zidon, and make your living-place there; I have given orders to a widow woman there to see that you have food.

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Cross references

“Zarephath”

Luke 4:26 Obadiah 1:20

Luke 4:26 · BSB

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

Obadiah 1:20 · BSB

And the exiles of this host of the Israelites will possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath; and the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the cities of the Negev.

“Sarepta”

Matthew 15:21 Matthew 15:22

Matthew 15:21 · BSB

Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

Matthew 15:22 · BSB

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.”

“widow woman”

2 Corinthians 4:7 1 Kings 17:4 Romans 4:17–21 Judges 7:2 Judges 7:4

2 Corinthians 4:7 · BSB

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

1 Kings 17:4 · BSB

And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

Romans 4:17–21 · BSB

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

Judges 7:2 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’

Judges 7:4 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

10So 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.”

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