Luke 4:26

Yet Elijah wasn't sent to any of them. He was sent to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon!

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In The King James Version

But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.

In Context

25I guarantee that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah when there was a drought for three and a half years, causing a great famine throughout the country.

27Even though there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the only one who was healed was Naaman the Syrian!”

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Cross References

Obadiah 1:20The army of exiles of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem from Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negev.

Matthew Henry on Luke 4:15-31

Christ in the Synagogue of Nazareth; Christ Driven from Nazareth. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he… Read the whole commentary →

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