“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
Kings 17:1-24 AV)
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