Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The dependence of Zarephath (Sarepta) on Sidon is indicated in the inscriptions of Sennacherib, where it is mentioned as belonging to Luliya (Elulaeus), king of Sidon, and as submitting to the Assyrian monarch on Luliya' s flight from his capital. Elijah may have been sent to this place, so near the city of Jezebel' s father, as one which it was most unlikely that he would visit.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 17:9:
Joshua 11:8
Obadiah 1:20
Zechariah 14:17
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