How would I do this?

I was reading today 1 Kings 17:14:

For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’　"

How would I find a Harmony that told me where this was said, what Elijah was quoting of the Lord?

I have Harmonies of OT quotes in NT etc., but I am drawing a blank as to how to find what this refers to. I know I could look in my Commentaries and find someone who referenced this, is there a cleaner way I can find it myself?

Thanks!

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Sam Henderson

How would I find a Harmony that told me where this was said, what Elijah was quoting of the Lord?

I assume you won't, because Elijah's utterance here appears to be oracular; he is speaking directly as the moouthpiece of Yahweh. His prophetic authority here requires no other source.

MJ. Smith

My reaction is the same as Sam's. However, Rabbinic commentaries might add some insight - especially if we had the right kind of fuzzy search.[:)]

Baking is one of the commonplace household routines in the Bible that keeps us rooted in the everyday world. It assumes symbolic meanings when it is part of hospitality and worship practices, and it also becomes a full-fledged metaphor.
Good baking is an indispensable element of biblical hospitality. “Quick!” said Abraham to Sarah, “get three seahs of fine flour and knead it and bake some bread” (Gen 18:6 NIV). The provision of baked goods is a sign of welcome to the servants of the Lord. Abigail brought two hundred loaves of bread to David (1 Sam 25:18). Both Elijah and Elisha were fed by women, whether they had few resources or many with which to bake (1 Kings 17:13–14; 2 Kings 4:8). Through their willingness to serve others by the work of their hands, these women demonstrated that common household tasks are not merely secular but sacred. The Lord himself provides the ingredients for such service, for the widow of Zarephath found that “the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry” until the Lord sent rain again (1 Kings 17:16). By contrast, one of the curses for disobeying the covenant is the withholding of the supplies needed to make bread, so that “ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven” (Lev 26:26).

Leland Ryken, Jim Wilhoit, Tremper Longman et al., Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, electronic ed., 69-70 (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000).

NetworkGeek

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OK, thanks for the help!