1 Kings 17:8-12
1599 Geneva Bible
8 ¶ And the [a]word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
9 (A)Up, and get thee to Zarephath, which is in Sidon, and remain there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath: and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there [b]gathering sticks: and he called her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
12 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but even an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering [c]a few sticks for to go in, and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and [d]die.
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- 1 Kings 17:8 As the troubles of the Saints of God are many, so his mercy is ever at hand to deliver them.
- 1 Kings 17:10 All this was to strengthen the faith of Elijah, to the intent that he should look upon nothing worldly, but only trust on God’s providence.
- 1 Kings 17:12 Hebrew, two.
- 1 Kings 17:12 For there is no hope of any more sustenance.
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