Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

We have here an account of the further protection Elijah was taken under, and the further provision made for him in his retirement. At destruction and famine he shall laugh that has God for his friend to guard and maintain him.

Commenting on 1 Kings 17:8-16

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And the word of the Lord came unto him,.... As before, after he had been a year at the brook, and that was dried up: saying; as follows.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Reformed @jfbcommentary

HE IS SENT TO A WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH. (Kg1 17:8-16) the word of the Lord came to him--Zarephath, Sarepta, now Surafend, whither he was directed to go, was far away on the western coast of Palestine, about nine miles south of Sidon, and within the dominions of Jezebel's impious father, where the famine also prevailed.