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Zarephath

The Phoenician town where Elijah stayed with a widow during famine

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Dug up in the late 1960s-70s, revealing a Phoenician shrine and industrial area. Egyptian texts mention this coastal town.

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A town between Tyre and Sidon where God sent Elijah during a drought. A widow there shared her last meal with him, and God miraculously sustained her flour and oil. Elijah also raised her son from the dead (1 Kings 17:8-24).

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Tyre Lebanon Sidon

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