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A Final Meal Before Death
The widow's situation was beyond desperate. With only a handful of meal and a little oil, she was preparing a final meal for herself and her son, fully expecting to 'eat it, and die.' Commentators emphasize this rock-bottom moment to highlight a profound truth: God often intervenes most powerfully when human hope and resources are completely exhausted.
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1 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 17:12
18th Century
Theologian
As the Lord your God liveth—The words do not prove that the woman was an Israelite or a worshipper of the true God. Any Phoenician, recogn…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 17:12
19th Century
Bishop
I have not a cake. —The famine may have already extended to Phoenicia; for there, according to Menander, it lasted for a …
Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Kings 17:11–12
19th Century
Preacher
He called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand. And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not a cake, …
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John Gill
On 1 Kings 17:12
17th Century
Pastor
And she said, as the Lord your God liveth
Which shows her to be a good woman, swearing by the living God, and him on…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 17:8–16
17th Century
Minister
Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, and some, it is likely, would have welcomed him to their houses; yet he is sent to honour and ble…