1 Kings 17:23

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Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives.

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The Kingdoms of Israel and JudahThe divided monarchy, showing the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah.

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Elijah came from Gilead, east of the Jordan River, but God sent him north to Zarephath, a Phoenician town in the Sidon region. There, among people outside Israel, the Lord sustained a widow and restored her son, demonstrating his power and mercy beyond Israel’s borders.

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1 Kings 17:23 mentions Gilead, Jordan, Sidon and Zarephath.