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1 Elijah
the Tishbite, who
was one of
the settlers of
Gilead, said
to Ahab, “As the
LORD, the God
of Israel, lives,
before whom I
stand, there shall
not be dew
nor rain these
years, but
according to my
word.”
2 Then
the LORD’s word
came to him,
saying,
3 “Go
away from here,
turn eastward, and
hide yourself by
the brook Cherith,
that is before
the Jordan.
4 You
shall drink from
the brook. I
have commanded the
ravens to feed
you there.”
5 So
he went and
did according to
the LORD’s word,
for he went
and lived by
the brook Cherith
that is before
the Jordan.
6 The
ravens brought him
bread and meat
in the morning,
and bread and
meat in the
evening; and he
drank from the
brook.
7 After
a while, the
brook dried up,
because there was
no rain in
the land.
8 The
LORD’s word came
to him, saying,
9 “Arise,
go to Zarephath,
which belongs to
Sidon, and stay
there. Behold, I
have commanded
a widow there to
sustain you.”
10 So
he arose and
went to Zarephath;
and when he
came to the
gate of the
city, behold,
a widow was there
gathering sticks.
He called to
her and said, “Please
get me a
little water in
a jar, that
I may drink.”
11 As
she was going
to get it,
he called to
her and said, “Please
bring me a
morsel of bread
in your hand.”
12 She said,
“As the LORD
your God lives,
I don’t have
anything baked, but
only a handful
of meal in
a jar and
a little oil
in a jar.
Behold, I am
gathering two
sticks, that I
may go in
and bake it for
me and my
son, that we
may eat it, and
die.”
13 Elijah said
to her, “Don’t be
afraid. Go and
do as you
have said; but
make me a
little cake from
it first, and
bring it out
to me,
and afterward make
some for you
and for your
son.
14 For
the LORD, the
God of Israel,
says, ‘The jar
of meal will
not run out,
and the jar
of oil will
not fail, until
the day that
the LORD sends
rain on
the earth.’ ”
15 She
went and
did according to
the saying
of Elijah; and she,
he, and her
household ate many days.
16 The
jar of meal didn’t
run out and the
jar of oil didn’t
fail, according to
the LORD’s word,
which he spoke
by Elijah.
17 After
these things, the
son of the
woman, the
mistress of the
house, became sick;
and his sickness
was so severe
that there was
no breath left
in him.
18 She said
to Elijah, “What
have I to
do with you,
you man of God?
You have come
to me to
bring my sin
to memory, and to
kill my son!”
19 He said
to her, “Give
me your son.”
He took him
out of her
bosom, and carried
him up into
the room where
he stayed, and
laid him on
his own bed.
20 He
cried to the
LORD and said, “LORD
my God, have
you also brought
evil on the widow
with whom I
am staying, by
killing her son?”
21 He
stretched himself
on the child
three times, and
cried to the
LORD and said, “LORD
my God, please
let this child’s
soul come into
him again.”
22 The
LORD listened to
the voice
of Elijah; and the
soul of the
child came into
him again, and
he revived.
23 Elijah took
the child and
brought him down
out of the
room into the
house, and
delivered him to
his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”
24 The
woman said
to Elijah, “Now I
know that you
are a man
of God, and
that the LORD’s
word in your
mouth is truth.”