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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
So he arose, and went to Zarephath,.... Which, according to Bunting
and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: perhaps out of an hedge just without the city this shows her to be a poor woman, who had no other way of coming at fuel but this, and no servant to fetch it for her: Bunting tells us, that now before the gate of the city there is showed a certain chapel, where they say Elias first spoke with the widow:
and he called to her, and said, fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink; being thirsty through travelling, and supposing this to be the woman he was directed to, made trial of her this way; some render it, "in this vessel"
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 1 Kings 17:10". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
Geneva Study Bible
So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there e 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.(e) All this was to strengthen the faith of Elijah, to the intent that he would look for nothing worldly, but only trust God's providence.
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Beza, Theodore. "Commentary on 1 Kings 17:10". "The 1599 Geneva Study Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
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.
Ver. 10. Gathering of sticks.] (a) Which showeth her low condition. God chooseth "the poor in this world rich in faith." [James 2:5]
A little water in a vessel.] Or, In this vessel, viz., that he had used at the brook Cherith, after his long journey; from whence he might well be thirsty, hungry, and weary.
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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
He called to her; knowing by Divine suggestion that this was the woman designed.
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Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on 1 Kings 17:10". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https:/
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
10.He came to the gate — An old tradition points out the spot on the south of the ancient city where Elijah first saw the widow, and the crusaders built a small chapel over the reputed spot of the widow’s house.
Gathering of sticks — A scene that often meets the traveller’s eye in Palestine.
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Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on 1 Kings 17:10". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https:/
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.- Fetch me
- Genesis 21:15; 24:17; John 4:7; 2 Corinthians 11:27; Hebrews 11:37
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Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on 1 Kings 17:10". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:/
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