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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.
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