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

Zarephath

Obadiah 1:20 And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.

Luke 4:26 And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

Sarepta

Matthew 15:21,22 And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon. . . .

widow woman

1 Kings 17:4 And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

Judges 7:2,4 And the Lord said to Gedeon: The people that are with thee are many, and Madian shall not be delivered into their hands: lest Israel should glory against me, and say: I was delivered by my own strength. . . .

Romans 4:17-21 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God and not of us.

Context
The Widow of Zarephath
8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying: 9Arise, and go to Sarephta of the Sidonians, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow woman there to feed thee.10He arose, and went to Sarephta. And when he was 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.…
Cross References
Luke 4:26
And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a widow woman.

1 Kings 17:4
And there thou shalt drink of the torrent: and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

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

Obadiah 1:20
And they that are toward the south, shall inherit the mount of Esau, and they that are in the plains, the Philistines: and they shall possess the country of Ephraim, and the country of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Galaad.

Lexicon
“Get up,
ק֣וּם (qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

go
לֵ֤ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

to Zarephath
צָרְפַ֙תָה֙ (ṣā·rə·p̄a·ṯāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6886: Zarephath -- 'smelting place', a city South of Sidon

of Sidon,
לְצִיד֔וֹן (lə·ṣî·ḏō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6721: Sidon -- a Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast, also a son of Canaan

and stay
וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ (wə·yā·šaḇ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

there.
שָׁ֑ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

Behold,
הִנֵּ֨ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

I have commanded
צִוִּ֥יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

a widow
אַלְמָנָ֖ה (’al·mā·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 490: A widow, a desolate place

there
שָׁ֛ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

to provide for you.”
לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃ (lə·ḵal·kə·le·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3557: To keep in, to measure, to maintain


Additional Translations
“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.

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

Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain thee.

Arise, go to Zarephath, which is by Zidon, and abide there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to maintain thee.

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

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

"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."

Rise, go to Zarephath, that is to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'
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