1 Kings 17:12

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She said, As Yahweh your God lives, I don't have a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

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Gilead was the rugged region east of the Jordan from which Elijah came, while Sidon was the Phoenician homeland of Jezebel and Baal worship. Zarephath, a town in Sidonian territory, is where God sends Elijah to

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1 Kings 17:12 mentions Gilead, Jordan, Sidon and Zarephath.