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1 Kings 17:10
“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 vessel, that I may drink.”
1 Kings 17:10 in the King James Version
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.Read 1 Kings 17:10 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — 1 Kings 17
The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.
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 vessel, that I may drink.
As she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.
She said, "As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the 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.
Cross references for 1 Kings 17:10
- Genesis 24:17
The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher.
- John 4:7
A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink.
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
- Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
- Genesis 21:15
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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