Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 17:9

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath , which belongeth to Zidon , and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow-woman there to sustain thee.

A City between Tyrus and Sidon, called Sarepta by St. Luke, Chap. 4. 26. by Pliny and others.

To the jurisdiction of that City, which therefore was Inhabited by Gentiles. See Luk. 4. 25. And God's providing for his Prophet, first, by an Unclean Bird, and then by a Gentile, whom the Iews esteemed Unclean, was a notable presage of the Calling of the Gentiles, and of the Rejection of the Iews.

i. e. Appointed or Provided, as before ver. 4. for that she had as yet no Revelation or Command of God about it, appears from ver. 12.

Marginal references: Luk. 4. 26. called Sarepta.