1 Kings 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. 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.