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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 _...
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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 Assyria...
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IV. THE PROPHET ELIJAH AND KING AHAB
1. Elijah's Prediction and Miracles
CHAPTER 17
_ 1. Elijah's message to Ahab (1 Kings 17:1)_
2. At the brook Cherith (1 Kings 17:2)
3. With the widow of Zarep...
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ELIJAH IS FED BY RAVENS, AND RAISES THE WIDOW'S SON. Elijah appeared
suddenly: we hear nothing of his birth or parentage. He simply
announced to Ahab, in the name of Yahweh, before whom I stand (_cf._...
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ZAREPHATH. the Sarepta of Luke 4:26.
A WIDOW. One of nine widows mentioned. See note on 1 Kings 17:4 and
Genesis 38:19....
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ARISE, GET THEE TO ZAREPHATH— _Zarephath, or Sarepta,_ lay between
Tyre and Sidon, but nearest to the latter. Mr. Maundrell observes,
that it is the same which is now called _Sarphan,_ about three hou...
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C. ELIJAH AT ZAREPHATH 17:8-24
As the water supply at Cherith began to fail, God instructed Elijah to
leave the land of Israel and journey to the Phoenician village of
Zarephath. Two great miraculous...
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_ARISE, GET THEE TO ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGETH TO ZIDON, AND DWELL
THERE: BEHOLD, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW WOMAN THERE TO SUSTAIN THEE._
Which belongeth to Zidon, х_ 'ªSHER_ (H834) _ Lª-TSIYDOWN_
(H6...
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ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
The prophet Elijah, who occupies so large a space in the succeeding
history, is, like his successor Elisha, conspicuous among the
prophetic figures of the OT. as a wo...
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ZAREPHATH] The 'Sarepta' of Luke 4:26. The modern Sarafend. It lay
between Tyre and Zidon, and, from its nearness to these localities,
might be a safe, because unsuspected, hiding-place....
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 17
ELIJAH THE *PROPHET
V1 Now Elijah from Tishbe in Gilead spoke to Ahab. ‘I promise this
in the name of the *Lord because he is definit...
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ZAREPHATH — the _Sarepta_ of the LXX. and of the New Testament (Luke
4:26). 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...
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ק֣וּם לֵ֤ךְ צָרְפַ֨תָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְ
צִידֹ֔ון ו
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THE JAR OF MEAL THAT WASTED NOT
1 Kings 17:8
Even at Cherith we cannot be exempt from trial, and it is hard to sit
beside a gradually dwindling brook. But God always provides. None of
them that trust...
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Here began a new order, the prophetic. Of course there had been
prophets before, but with the coming of Elijah the office was elevated
to national importance. From this point onwards, in the economy o...
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Sidonians, and nearer their city than it was to Tyre. (Calmet) ---
Commanded, or provided that she shall feed thee. So he commanded the
ravens, ver. 4. (Menochius) --- It appears that the widow had re...
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(8) В¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, (9) Arise,
get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there:
behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Observ...
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The days were very dark in Israel. Not only rebellion. And rebellion,
always serious, was peculiarly so in Israel, for there it was
insubordination in a direct manner against not only God's providence...
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_THE UNEXPECTED IN LIFE_
‘Arise, get thee to Zarephath.… I have commanded a widow woman to
sustain thee.’
1 Kings 17:9
I. NOTICE HOW GOD OFTEN TAKES US BY UNEXPECTED ROADS.—From Cherith,
by the com...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 17 AND 18.
Elijah and Elisha, on the contrary (witnesses for God in the midst of
a people that according to grace God still recognised as His own, but
who had...
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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...
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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
Ver. 9. _Arise, get thee to Zarephath._] Which was, say chorog...
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_Arise, get thee to Zarephath_ A city between Tyre and Sidon, called
Sarepta by St. Luke 4:26, and others. _Which belongeth to Zidon_ To
the jurisdiction of that city, which was inhabited by Gentiles....
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1 Elijah hauing prophecied against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the
rauens feed him.
8 He is sent to the widow of Zarephath.
17 Hee raiseth the widowes sonne.
24 The woman beleeueth him.
1 AND ...
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ELIJAH IN ZAREPHATH...
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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, in the Phoenician country, WHICH
BELONGETH TO ZIDON, AND DWELL THERE. BEHOLD, I HAVE COMMANDED A WIDOW
WOMAN THERE TO SUSTAIN THEE, He had made provisions to take further...
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ELIJAH PROPHESIES A DROUGHT
(vs.1-7)
Ahab was suddenly confronted by a prophet who had never been mentioned
before, Elijah the Tishbite, the first prophet of God spoken of as
arising from among the t...
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8-16 Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, and some, it is
likely, would have bidden him welcome to their houses; yet he is sent
to honour and bless with his presence a city of Sidon, a Ge...
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ZAREPHATH; a city between Tyrus and Sidon, called _Sarepta_ by LUKE
4:26, by Pliny, and others. TO ZIDON; to the jurisdiction of that
city, which therefore was inhabited by Gentiles. See LUKE 4:25. An...
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1 Kings 17:9 Arise H6965 (H8798) go H3212 (H8798) Zarephath H6886
Sidon H6721 dwell H3427 (H8804
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YHWH MAKES PROVISION FOR ELIJAH WITH A WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH (1 KINGS
17:8).
The water in the Wadi Cherith having almost dried up, God now directed
Elijah to go to Zarephath, where He would arrange for a...
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ZAREPHATH
called Sarepta, (Obadiah 1:20); (Luke 4:26)....
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CONTENTS: Elijah's ministry and prediction of drought. Elijah fed.
Raising of the widow's son.
CHARACTERS: God, Elijah, Ahab, Sarephath woman, her son.
CONCLUSION: God can wonderfully raise up serva...
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1 Kings 17:1. _Elijah the Tishbite._ His parentage is not named, but
the Jews call him a levite or a priest. He swore to Ahab in the name,
not of Baal, but of Jehovah. As the Lord had promised
covenan...
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_Arise, get thee to Zarephath._
ORDERED TO ZAREPHATH
A friend of mine, spending a few days in the neighbourhood of our
English lakes, came upon the most beautiful shrubs he had ever seen.
Arrested by...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 17:1 Elijah and Ahab. Other prophets had
addressed earlier kings (see 1 Kings 14:7;...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 17:9 ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGS TO SIDON. The
heartland of Baal worship is in Sidon, a region over which some
thought Israel’s God had no authority. Yet the Lord is God of all
la...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 17:9. ZAREPHATH, WHICH BELONGETH TO ZIDON—_Sarepta_, situate
between Tyre and Sidon, in the native land of Jezebel. Yet this
“widow” knew JEHOVAH (1 Kings 17:...
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EXPOSITION
ELIJAH AND THE GREAT DROUGHT.—The picture which the historian has
just drawn of the shameless idolatry and the gross degeneracy of the
earlier part of Ahab's reign forms a fit prelude to an...
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By Chuck Smith
Let's turn to the First Kings, chapter seventeen.
The seventeenth chapter of First Kings introduces us now to a very
interesting character, Elijah the Tishbite, whatever Tishbite means....
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1 Kings 17:4; 2 Corinthians 4:7; Judges 7:2; Judges 7:4; Luke 4:26;...
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JEHOVAH-JIREH
_Selections from 1 Kings 17:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our God is the God who is enough. There is no good thing which He
withholds from them who walk uprightly. Our God is able to make all...
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Zarephath — A city between Tyre and Sidon, called Sarepta by St.
Luke 4:26, and others. Zidon — To the jurisdiction of that city,
which was inhabited by Gentiles. And God's providing for his prophet,...