City belonging to Zidon, where Elijah stayed with a widow during part of a time of drought and famine, being sustained by the miraculous increase of the widow’s meal and oil ({vi 9327-9328}1 Kings 17:9-10; Oba. 20). Called SAREPTA in Luke 4:26. Identified with Sarafend, 33° 27' N, 35° 18' E.