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Jeroboam’s Wife: The Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament’s Least-Known Women is unavailable, but you can change that!

Much has been written about prominent women of biblical history like Sarah, Ruth, and Esther. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the obscure women of the Old Testament whose words are not recorded in the Bible and some of whom aren’t even named. Yet often these less prominent women played important roles in the unfolding of God’s plan. Indeed, the appearance of such obscure...

keeps silent on the details of Elijah’s life like his call, his family history, his religious training, his journey to the Wadi Kerith, what he did and thought about while there, and what was happening meanwhile in Israel and Judah. It omits comment on the plight of the people because of the lack of rain and its resultant famine. The chapter introduces Elijah as a man of mystery and establishes his pattern of appearing and disappearing suddenly.18 Elijah’s hiding leads to a cat and mouse game with
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