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Summary
1 Kings 17:12

17:8. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying:

17:9. Arise, and go to Zarephath of the Sidonians, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow woman there to feed thee.

Zarephath = Sarephta of the Sidonians. . .That is, a city of the Sidonians.

'''17:10. He arose, and went to Zarephath. When he had come to the gate of the city, he saw the widow woman gathering sticks, and he called her, and said to her: Give me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.'''

17:11. When she was going to fetch it, he called after her, saying: Bring me also, I beseech thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

17:12. She answered: As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, but only a handful of meal in a pot, and a little oil in a cruise: behold I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it, for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.

17:13. Elijah said to her: Fear not; but go, and do as you have said but first make for me of the same meal a little hearth cake, and bring it to me, and after make for yourself and your son.



17:14. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The pot of meal shall not waste, nor the jar of oil be diminished, until the day wherein the Lord will give rain upon the face of the earth.

17:15. She went, and did according to the word of Elijah: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that day

The Coloured Picture Bible for Children Illustrator: Richard Andre Place: London Date: 1884. Source: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge