1KI-17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants

of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth,

before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years,

 but according to my word.

1KI-17:2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1KI-17:3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide

thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.

1KI-17:4 And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook;

and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

1KI-17:5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD:

for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before

Jordan.

1KI-17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the

morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the

brook.

1KI-17:7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried

up, because there had been no rain in the land.

1KI-17:8 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

1KI-17:9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to

Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman

there to sustain thee.

1KI-17:10 So 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.

1KI-17:11 And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her,

and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

1KI-17:12 And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not

a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in

a cruse: and, behold, I [am] gathering two sticks, that I may go

in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

1KI-17:13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] do as

thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and

bring [it] unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

1KI-17:14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of

meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until

the day [that] the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

1KI-17:15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah:

 and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.

1KI-17:16 [And] the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the

cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he

spake by Elijah.

1KI-17:17 And it came to pass after these things, [that] the son

of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his

sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.

1KI-17:18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee,

O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to

remembrance, and to slay my son?

1KI-17:19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him

out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode,

 and laid him upon his own bed.

1KI-17:20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God,

hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn,

by slaying her son?

1KI-17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times,

and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee,

let this child's soul come into him again.

1KI-17:22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul

of the child came into him again, and he revived.

1KI-17:23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of

the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother:

and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

1KI-17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that

thou [art] a man of God, [and] that the word of the LORD in thy

mouth [is] truth.

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