1 Kings 17:10
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.
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Gill's Exposition
So he arose, and went to Zarephath,.... Which, according to Bunting (f), was one hundred miles from the brook Cherith:
and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there…
We have here an account of the further protection Elijah was taken under, and the further provision made for him in his retirement. At destruction and famine he shall laugh that has God for his friend…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
gathering of sticks R.V. modernizes the language by omitting the preposition. The abject poverty of the widow is seen from her coming forth to pick up any chance bits of wood which might have fallen…
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