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Zarephath
Town or city mentioned in 4 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Kings.
Where it appears
1 Kings (2), Obadiah (1), Luke (1)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 17:9 first mention — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
- 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.
- Obadiah 1:20 — And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
- Luke 4:26 — But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
Nearby places
- Sidon 13 km
- Misrephoth-maim 15 km
- Tyre 23 km
- Phenice 23 km
- Lebanon 28 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.