Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
HE IS SENT TO A WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH. (I Kings 17:8-16)
the word of the Lord came to him—Zarephath, Sarepta, now Surafend, whither he was directed to go, was far away on the western coast of Palestine, about nine miles south of Sidon, and within the dominions of Jezebel's impious father, where the famine also prevailed. Meeting, at his entrance into the town, the very woman who was appointed by divine providence to support him, his faith was severely tested by learning from her that her supplies were exhausted and that she was preparing her last meal for herself and son. The Spirit of God having prompted him to ask, and her to grant, some necessary succor, she received a prophet's reward (Matthew 10:41-42), and for the one meal afforded to him, God, by a miraculous increase of the little stock, afforded many to her.
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