Zarephath

A village where the woman who provided food and lodging for Elijah lived (1 Kings 17:9–10; Luke 4:26). Obadiah later prophesied that the Israelite exiles of Halah would “possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath” (Obadiah 1:20). Zarephath was under the control of Sidon at the time Elijah visited, thus serving as a safe haven from King Ahab of Israel. Zarephath is likely the modern Surafend, where a chapel marks the traditional site for the widow’s house.