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1 Kings 17:15

She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.

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.
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!
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 The Lord told him, 9 "Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you." 10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, "Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink." 11 As she went to get it, he called out to her, "Please bring me a piece of bread." 12 She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation." 13 Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.'" 15 She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family. 16 The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, just as the Lord had promised 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 will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 32:28
"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed."
2 Samuel 12:25
and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named 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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