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The UBS Handbooks are detailed commentaries providing valuable exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the books of the Bible. They are prepared primarily to assist Bible translators as they carry out the important task of putting God’s Word into the many languages spoken in the world today. The text is discussed verse by verse, and is accompanied by running text in at...

command, the prophet did as he had been instructed. In some languages a transition word like “therefore” will be appropriate. He arose and went to Zarephath: See the comments on verse 9. AB expresses well the sense of the Hebrew as “he set right out for Zarephath.” The gate of the city: In the biblical period, many cities were surrounded by walls with gates as protection against enemies. The city gate was a common meeting place for people coming into the city and going out of it (see the comments
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