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1 Kings 17:15

So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And Elijah, the woman, and her son had enough food for a long time.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Elijah;   Faith;   Hospitality;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Oil;   Poor;   Readings, Select;   Self-Denial;   Women;   Zarephath;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Elijah;   Giving;   Home;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Sacrificial Giving;   Stories for Children;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Self-Denial;   Widows;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Elijah;   Miracle;   Zarephath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Barrel;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Oil;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahab;   Barrel;   Haggai;   Zarephath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Feeding the Multitudes;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Elijah;   Zarephath;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amittai;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.
Hebrew Names Version
She went and did according to the saying of Eliyah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
King James Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
English Standard Version
And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
New Century Version
So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And the woman and her son and Elijah had enough food every day.
New English Translation
She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.
Amplified Bible
She went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
New American Standard Bible
So she went and did everything in accordance with the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So she went, and did as Eliiah sayd, and she did eate: so did he and her house for a certaine time.
Legacy Standard Bible
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.
Contemporary English Version
The widow went home and did exactly what Elijah had told her. She and Elijah and her family had enough food for a long time.
Complete Jewish Bible
She went and acted according to what Eliyahu had said; and she, he and her household had food to eat for a long time.
Darby Translation
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
George Lamsa Translation
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she and he and her household did eat many days.
Good News Translation
The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
Lexham English Bible
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; then both she and he ate with her household for many days.
Literal Translation
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she and he and her household, many days;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She wente & dyd as Elias sayde. And he ate, & she also, and hir house a certayne season.
American Standard Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Bible in Basic English
So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And she went, and did as Elias sayde: And she, and he, and her house, did eate a good space.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
King James Version (1611)
And shee went, and did according to the saying of Eliiah: and she, and he, and her house did eate many dayes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the woman went and did so, and did eat, she, and he, and her children.
English Revised Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.
Berean Standard Bible
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and the woman, Elijah, and her household had food to eat every day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche yede, and dide bi the word of Elie; and he eet, and sche, and hir hows.
Young's Literal Translation
And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;
Update Bible Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
Webster's Bible Translation
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.
World English Bible
She went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, ate [many] days.
New King James Version
So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days.
New Living Translation
So she did as Elijah said, and she and Elijah and her family continued to eat for many days.
New Life Bible
So she went and did what Elijah said. And she and he and those of her house ate for many days.
New Revised Standard
She went and did as Elijah said, so that she as well as he and her household ate for many days.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So she went and made ready, according to the word of Elijah, - and did eat, she, and he, and her house, certain days:
Douay-Rheims Bible
She went, and did according to the word of Elias: and he ate, and she, and her house: and from that day
Revised Standard Version
And she went and did as Eli'jah said; and she, and he, and her household ate for many days.
THE MESSAGE
And she went right off and did it, did just as Elijah asked. And it turned out as he said—daily food for her and her family. The jar of meal didn't run out and the bottle of oil didn't become empty: God 's promise fulfilled to the letter, exactly as Elijah had delivered it!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.

Contextual Overview

8 Then the Lord said to Elijah, 9 "Go to Zarephath in Sidon and stay there. There is a widow there that I commanded to take care of you." 10 So Elijah went to Zarephath. He went to the town gate and saw a woman there gathering wood for a fire. She was a widow. Elijah said to her, "Would you bring me a small cup of water to drink?" 11 As she was going to get the water, Elijah said, "Bring me a piece of bread too, please." 12 The woman answered, "I promise you, before the Lord your God, that I have nothing but a handful of flour in a jar and a little bit of olive oil in a jug. I came here to gather a few pieces of wood for a fire to cook our last meal. My son and I will eat it and then die from hunger." 13 Elijah said to the woman, "Don't worry. Go home and cook your food as you said. But first make a small piece of bread from the flour that you have and bring it to me. Then cook some for yourself and your son. 14 The Lord , the God of Israel, says, ‘That jar of flour will never be empty and the jug will always have oil in it. This will continue until the day the Lord sends rain to the land.'" 15 So the woman went home and did what Elijah told her to do. And Elijah, the woman, and her son had enough food for a long time. 16 The jar of flour and the jug of oil were never empty. This happened just as the Lord said through Elijah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

did according: Genesis 6:22, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 22:3, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Matthew 15:28, Mark 12:43, John 11:40, Romans 4:19, Romans 4:20, Hebrews 11:7, Hebrews 11:8, Hebrews 11:17

many days: or, a full year

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:1 - in the third year 2 Kings 4:5 - she went

Cross-References

Genesis 17:5
I will change your name from Abram to Abraham, because I am making you the father of many nations.
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, "Your name will not be Jacob. Your name will now be Israel. I give you this name because you have fought with God and with men, and you have won."
2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word for Nathan the prophet to give Solomon the name Jedidiah. So Nathan did this for the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And she went, and did according to the saying of Elijah,..... Made a cake for him first, and brought it to him, which showed great faith in the word of the Lord by him:

and she, and he, and her house, did eat; many days, a year at least, if not two years, see 1 Kings 17:7 the widow, the prophet, and her family, lived upon the meal and oil so long; we read but of one son, but she might have more.


 
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