1 KINGS 17:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die — The widow reveals her destitution: she has only meal and oil sufficient for one final meal. Her invocation of the covenant God despite Phoenician paganism shows she acknowledges His reality. Her honesty about dire circumstances establishes the precondition for miracle.
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