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307. Sticks for Fuel

From: Manners and Customs of the Bible

By: James M. Freeman

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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1 Kings 17:10¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. (1 Kings 17:10). When he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks.

There seems to have been a scarcity of fuel in Palestine then as now. Twigs, branches, sticks of all kinds, and even thorns (Psa. 58:9⁹Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. (Psalm 58:9)) are carefully gathered for making fires, and the greatest economy is practiced in their use.

See note on Psalm 58:9⁹Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. (Psalm 58:9) (#441) and also on Matthew 6:30³⁰Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? (Matthew 6:30) (#646).

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• 300. Uplifted Hands in Prayer

• 301. Large Golden Shields

• 302. Small Golden Shields

• 303. Solomon's Throne

• 304. Ashtoreth Milcom

• 305. Cracknels

• 306. A Monstrous Idol

• 307. Sticks for Fuel

• 308. The Meal Jar

• 309. The Habits of a Heathen God

• 310. Lacerations in Idol Worship

• 311. Hour of Evening Sacrifice

• 312. The Sound of Rain

• 313. The Face Between the Knees

• 314. Girdle Running Footmen

• 315. Day's Journey

• 316. Covering the Face

• 317. Plowing

• 318. Military Girdles

• 319. Pavilions

• 320. Gods for Hills and Valleys

• 321. Token of Abasement

• 322. Sale of Patrimony

• 324. The Fly God

• 325. The Divan

• 326. Schools of the Prophets

• 327. The Cruse

• 328. Baldness

• 329. Washing Hands