1 Kings 17:24

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The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.

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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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Gilead lay east of the Jordan, from where Elijah came, while Sidon and its town Zarephath lay on the Phoenician coast north of Israel. Elijah’s refuge with the Sidonian widow during the drought shows God sustaining his prophet and revealing his word beyond Israel.

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1 Kings 17:24 mentions Gilead, Jordan, Sidon and Zarephath.