9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. …
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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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