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It happened after a while[a] that the wadi[b] dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:7 Literally “from the end of days”
  2. 1 Kings 17:7 A seasonal stream that is often dry

Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath

Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. Then the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath(A) in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow(B) there to supply you with food.”

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