1 Kings 17:12

“I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.”

Jesus references this story in Luke, highlighting God's grace extending to Gentiles.

“For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

Directly relates to the subsequent promise and miracle God performs for the widow.

“Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.”

Highlights Elijah's humanity and the power of prayer in the context of the drought.

“Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.””

Context of the drought declared by Elijah.

“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”

Illustrates trusting God for provision, even in scarcity, similar to the widow's situation.