1 Kings 17

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

2 Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

4 And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

5 So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

6 The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.

7 Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

9 “Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

12 But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

13 “Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

14 for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

15 So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

16 The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

17 Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

18 “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

19 But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

21 Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

23 Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

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.

2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.

4 And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

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.

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.

7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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.

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

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.

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.

1 And Elijah the Thisbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab: As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, I say.

2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:

3 Depart thence, and turn thee toward the east, and hide thee by the brook Krith, which floweth over against Jordan.

4 And thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5 And he went and did according to the word of the LORD, and departed, and sat down by the brook Krith, which floweth over against Jordan.

6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat morning and evening; and he drank of the brook.

7 And it came to pass after some days, that the brook dried up: for there was no rain in the land.

8 Then came the word of the LORD unto him, saying:

9 Arise, go to Zarpath, which is by Zidon, and dwell there: for I have commanded a widow there to provide for thee.

10 And he arose, and went to Zarpath. And when he was come to the door of the city, behold, there was a widow gleaning wood. And he called unto her, and said, Fetch me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11 And when she went to fetch it, he called unto her, and said, Bring me also a morsel of bread.

12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have nothing baked without a handful of flour in the kad, and a little oil in the jar. And, behold, I have gathered up a wood or two, and am gone in, and will prepare for myself and for my son, that we may eat and die.

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not. Go and do as thou hast said; but first make me a little baked of it, and bring it forth unto me: and afterward thou shalt make it also for thee and for thy son.

14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The flour of the kad shall not be consumed, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

15 And she went and did as Elijah had said. And he did eat, and she also, and her house for a season.

16 The flour that was in the cad was not eaten, neither was the cruse of oil wanting, according to the word of the LORD which he spake by Elijah.

17 And after these things the son of the woman his landlady fell sick, and his sickness was so very sore, that there was no breath left in him.

18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, thou man of God? Thou camest in unto me, that my iniquity might be remembered, and that my son might be slain.

19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him from her bosom, and went up into the hall where he dwelt, and laid him upon his bed.

20 And he called upon the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also done evil to the widow, wherewith I am a sojourner, to kill her son?

21 And he measured himself over the child three times, and called upon the LORD, and said, O LORD my GOD, let the soul of this child come again to him.

22 And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah: and the soul of the child came again unto him, and revived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down into the hall of the house, and gave him to his mother, and said, Behold, thy son liveth.

24 And the woman said unto Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.