1Ki 17:7-9 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 7. The brook dried up ] Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see .

‏ 1 Kings 17:7-9

Verse 7. The brook dried up] Because there had been no rain in the land for some time, God having sent this drought as a testimony against the idolatry of the people: see De 11:16, 17.

Verse 9. Get thee to Zarephath] This was a town between Tyre and Sidon, but nearer to the latter, and is therefore called in the text Zarephath which belongeth to Sidon; or, as the Vulgate and other versions express it, Sarepta of the Sidonians. Sarepta is the name by which it goes in the New Testament; but its present name is Sarphan. Mr. Maundrell, who visited it, describes it as consisting of a few houses only on the tops of the mountains; but supposes that it anciently stood in the plain below, where there are still ruins of a considerable extent.