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New American Standard Bible (1995)

1 Kings 17:15

So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
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!

Contextual Overview

8 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink." 11 As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." 12 But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." 13 Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. 14 "For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" 15 So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.16 The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke 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
"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 32:28
He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed."
2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the LORD'S sake.

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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