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After a while, due to the drought, the brook dried up so God told Elijah to go to the town of Sarepta and to seek out a widow that would find him water and food (vv.7-9). Elijah learns that the widow has a son and between them they only have enough flour and oil for one more meal before they die. Despite this, the widow helps Elijah (vv11-14).
1 Kings 17:8-24 describes the city as being subject to Sidon in the time of Ahab and says that the prophet Elijah, after leaving the wadi Kerith (Hebrew: נַחַל כְּרִית, romanized: naḥal Kəriṯ, multiplied the meal and oil of the widow of Zarephath and resurrected her son, an incident also referred to by Jesus in Luke 4:26.
Widow's Son Church at Nain which is the site of the miracle. The raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath , by the Old Testament prophet Elijah ( 1 Kings 17 ), is seen by Fred Craddock as the model for this miracle, as there are several parallels in the details, [ 2 ] especially some verbal parallels. [ 3 ]
He is said to have attained a very advanced age: over 120 years according to Seder Olam Rabbah; 130 according to Sefer Yuchasin; while Ecclesiastes Rabbah 8:10 holds that the son (Jonah) of the Zarephath widow never died. The "holy spirit" descended on him while he participated in the festivities of the last day of Sukkot. [6]
The raising of the son of the woman of Shunem is a miracle by Elisha narrated in the Hebrew Bible, 2 Kings 4: . 2 Kings 4: 32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed. 33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord. 34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his ...
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It depicts an Old Testament event described as the Raising of the son of the widow of Zarephath. The widow and her resurrected child bring bread to the hungry Elijah who is seeking shelter near a dry stream. The events are narrated in the Old Testament, 1 Kings 17. The bread evokes the sacramental bread of the Eucharist.