FIRST KINGS

 

1 Kings Chapter 17

1 ¶ Now Elijah who was from Tishbe, and lived in Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there will not be dew or rain these coming years, except by my word.

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

3 Go from here, and turn east, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan.

4 And you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.

5 So he left and did what the LORD told him: he went and stayed by the brook Cherith, that is east of the Jordan.

6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

7 But after a while, the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

8 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and stay there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to provide for you.

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, the widow woman was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a little water in a cup, that I may drink.

11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand.

12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a loaf, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and I am gathering a few sticks, so that I may go in and bake it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

13 And Elijah said to her, Do not be afraid; go and do as you have said: but make me a little loaf from it first, and bring it to me, and then make one for yourself and your son.

14 For the LORD God of Israel says this, The barrel of meal will not become empty, nor will the cruse of oil run dry, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.

15 And she went and did as Elijah said: and she, and he, and her household, ate for many days.

16 And the barrel of meal did not become empty, nor did the cruse of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah.

17 ¶ After this, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

18 And she said to Elijah, What do you have against me, O you man of God? have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?

19 And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him from her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed, and laid him upon his own bed.

20 And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have you also brought evil upon the widow with whom I stay, by slaying her son?

21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray you, let this child’s soul return to him.

22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child returned to him, and he revived.

23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives.

24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth.