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Obadiah 1:20

And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

KJV

Et transmigratio exercitus hujus filiorum Israël, omnia loca Chananæorum usque ad Sareptam : et transmigratio Jerusalem, quæ in Bosphoro est, possidebit civitates austri.

Vulgate

καὶ τῆς μετοικεσίας ἡ ἀρχὴ αὕτη· τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραήλ, γῆ τῶν Χαναναίων ἕως Σαρέπτων, καὶ ἡ μετοικεσία Ἰερουσαλὴμ ἕως Ἐφράθα· κληρονομήσουσιν τὰς πόλεις τοῦ Νάγεβ.

LXX

And the captives of this host of the children of Israel, that are among the Canaanites, shall possess even unto Zarephath; and the captives of Jerusalem, that are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the South.

ASV

וְ/גָלֻ֣ת הַֽ/חֵל הַ֠/זֶּה לִ/בְנֵ֨י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֲשֶֽׁר כְּנַעֲנִים֙ עַד צָ֣רְפַ֔ת וְ/גָלֻ֥ת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּ/סְפָרַ֑ד יִֽרְשׁ֕וּ אֵ֖ת עָרֵ֥י הַ/נֶּֽגֶב

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Zarephath

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גָלוּת֙
glvt
noun · 15×
ה
h
noun · 111×
ה֙
h
proper_noun · 3×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
חֵ֣יל
chyl
noun · 18×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
כְּנַעֲנִי֙
kn'ny
noun · 72×
סְפָרַ֑ד
sprd
proper_noun · 1×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 17:9 — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
  • 1Kgs 17:9 — Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
  • Jer 32:44 — Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of
  • Jer 33:13 — In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks
  • Luke 4:26 — But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow.
  • Zech 1:17 — Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.