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ZAREPHATH

(Heb. ṣārĕpaṯ; Gk. Sárepta)

A Phoenician port city (176316; modern Òarafand) located on the Mediterranean coast between Tyre and Sidon. Captured by Sennacherib in 701 b.c.e. (Akk. Zaribtu), it was a thriving commercial center in the Roman period.

During a time of severe famine God commanded Elijah to go to Zarephath, where a widow would take care of him (1 Kgs. 17:8-24). As reward for her hospitality, Elijah miraculously replenished her supply of oil and flour and healed her dying son (cf. Luke 4:25-26). Obad. 20 promises that the restored exiles would possess the land from Edom to Zarephath.

Joe E. Lunceford






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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