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1 Kings 17:15
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the widow of Zarephath acting after Elijah delivers a divine promise regarding her dwindling flour and oil during a drought.
The words — וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ (va.tēlek) translates literally to "and she went," and וַתַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (va.taʿśeh) means "and she did," marking her physical movement to comply with Elijah’s message.
The thread — Obedient execution of divine instruction appears in Genesis 6:22, where Noah does precisely as God commanded, and Matthew 15:28, where Jesus responds to a declaration of faith with a command to let the request be fulfilled.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that sustained provision follows concrete obedience to spoken promises, demanding practical action rather than passive waiting.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
Cross-references
- Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Matthew 15:28 “O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
- Mark 12:43 Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.
- Hebrews 11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
- Genesis 22:3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the LORD your God, and you will be upheld; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed.”
- Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
- John 11:40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Genesis 12:4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.