The widow at the gate of Zarephath, and the jar of meal and the jar of oil that do not fail
사르밧 성문의 과부와 다하지 아니한 통의 가루와 병의 기름
1 Kings 17:8–16: the LORD’s word comes to Elijah, saying, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” So he arises and goes to Zarephath; and when he comes to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He calls to her and says, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.” As she was going to get it, he calls to her and says, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” She says, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” Elijah says to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’” She goes and does according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household eat many days. The text says, “The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.” WEB reads “The LORD’s word came to him” at 17:8 and “he called to her” at 17:11, where the Korean Revised Version names Elijah; at 17:14 the Korean Revised Version has the LORD speak of himself in the first person, 나 여호와가 비를 지면에 내리는 날까지 (until the day that I, the LORD, send rain on the earth); and at 17:15 it reads 저와 엘리야와 식구가, she and Elijah and the household.
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- 1KI 17:8–16, engwebp
8The LORD’s word came to him, saying,
9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”
10So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
11As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12She said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
13Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
14For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’”
15She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.
16The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.
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Elijah — Took part in — The widow at the gate of Zarephath, and the jar of meal and the jar of oil that do not fail
Evidence: 1 Kings 17:8–16
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The widow at the gate of Zarephath, and the jar of meal and the jar of oil that do not fail — Narrated location — Zarephath
Evidence: 1 Kings 17:8–16
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The widow at the gate of Zarephath, and the jar of meal and the jar of oil that do not fail (event-1ki-17-the-widow-at-the-gate-of-zarephath) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/1ki-17-the-widow-at-the-gate-of-zarephath Current wording: 1 Kings 17:8–16: the LORD’s word comes to Elijah, saying, “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” So he arises and goes to Zarephath; and when he comes to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He calls to her and says, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.” As she was going to get it, he calls to her and says, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” She says, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” Elijah says to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’” She goes and does according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household eat many days. The text says, “The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.” WEB reads “The LORD’s word came to him” at 17:8 and “he called to her” at 17:11, where the Korean Revised Version names Elijah; at 17:14 the Korean Revised Version has the LORD speak of himself in the first person, 나 여호와가 비를 지면에 내리는 날까지 (until the day that I, the LORD, send rain on the earth); and at 17:15 it reads 저와 엘리야와 식구가, she and Elijah and the household. Cited evidence: 1KI 17:8–16, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.