George Leo Haydock

Sidonians, and nearer their city than it was to Tyre. (Calmet) — Commanded, or provided that she shall feed thee. So he commanded the ravens, ver. 4. (Menochius) — It appears that the widow had received no precise intimation, ver. 12. She was not an Israelite, (Luke iv. 25.) but probably a pagan. (St. Chrysostom, &c.) — Many suppose that Elias did not know, at first, that she was to entertain him. (Calmet) — But both the one and the other might be divinely instructed how to act. In due time the widow and the prophet became acquainted with the will of God, and complied with it. (Haydock)