10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-16)We have here an account of the further protection Elijah was taken under, and the further provision made for him in his retirement. At destruction and famine he shall laugh that has God for his friend to guard and maintain him. The brook Cherith is dried up, but God’s care of his people, and kindness to them, never slacken, never fail, but are still the same, are still continued and drawn out to t…
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