1 Kings 17:15

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.

In Context

14For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the land.'

16The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:22Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

Genesis 22:3And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son; and he cleaved the wood for the burnt-offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said: 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.'

Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 17:9-17

The Widow of Zarephath. ( b. c. 908.) 8 And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman 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 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. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and… Read the whole commentary →

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