Zarephath; a city between Tyrus and Sidon, called Sarepta by Luke 4:26, by Pliny, and others. To Zidon; to the jurisdiction of that city, which therefore was inhabited by Gentiles. See Luke 4:25. And God's providing for his prophet, first by an unclean bird, and then by a Gentile, whom the Jews esteemed unclean, was a notable presage of the calling of the Gentiles, and of the rejection of the Jews. I have commanded, i.e. appointed or provided, as before, 1 Kings 17:4; for that she had as yet no revelation or command of God about it, appears from 1 Kings 17:12.
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1 Kings 17:9
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath,c which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.