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1 Kings 17:9

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Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

Arise {H6965}, get {H3212} thee to Zarephath {H6886}, which belongeth to Zidon {H6721}, and dwell {H3427} there: behold, I have commanded {H6680} a widow {H490} woman {H802} there to sustain {H3557} thee.

"Get up; go to Tzarfat, a village in Tzidon; and live there. I have ordered a widow there to provide for you."

“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

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Cross-References

  • Luke 4:26 (9 votes)

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

  • Obadiah 1:20 (7 votes)

    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.

  • 1 Kings 17:4 (4 votes)

    And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:7 (4 votes)

    But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

  • Matthew 15:21 (4 votes)

    ¶ Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

  • Matthew 15:22 (4 votes)

    And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

  • Romans 4:17 (3 votes)

    ¶ (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.