Now Elijah the Tishbite
, who was of 1 athe settlers
of Gilead
, said
to Ahab
, " bAs the LORD
, the God
of Israel
lives
, before
whom
I stand
, surely
cthere shall be neither
dew
nor rain
these
years
, except
by my word
."
The word of the LORD
came
to him, saying
,
"Go away from here
and turn
eastward
, and hide
yourself by the brook
Cherith
, which
is 1east
of the Jordan
.
"It shall be that you will drink of the brook
, and aI have commanded
the ravens
to provide
for you there
."
So he went and did
according to the word
of the LORD
, for he went
and lived
by the brook
Cherith
, which
is 1east
of the Jordan
.
The ravens brought
him bread
and meat
in the morning
and bread
and meat
in the evening
, and he would drink
from the brook
.
It happened after
a while
that the brook
dried
up, because
there was no
rain
in the land
.
Then the word of the LORD
came
to him, saying
,
"Arise, go
to aZarephath
, which
belongs to Sidon
, and stay
there
; behold
, bI have commanded
a widow
there
to provide
for you."
So he arose and went
to Zarephath
, and when he came
to the gate
of the city
, behold
, a widow
was there
gathering
sticks
; and ahe called
to her and said
, "Please
get
me a little
water
in a 1jar
, that I may drink
."
As she was going to get
it, he called
to her and said
, "Please
bring
me a piece
of bread
in your hand
."
But she said, " aAs the LORD
your God
lives
, bI have
no
1bread
, only
a handful
of flour
in the 2bowl
and a little
oil
in the jar
; and behold
, I am gathering
3a few
sticks
that I may go
in and prepare
for me and my son
, that we may eat
it and cdie
."
Then Elijah said
to her, "Do not fear
; go
, do
as you have said
, but make
me a little
bread
cake
from 1it first
and bring
it out to me, and afterward
you may make
one for yourself and for your son
.
"For thus says
the LORD
God
of Israel
, `The 1bowl
of flour
shall not be exhausted
, nor
shall the jar
of oil
2be empty
, until
the day
that the LORD
sends
rain
on the face
of the earth
.' "
So she went and did
according to the word
of Elijah
, and she and he and her household
ate
for many days
.
The 1bowl of flour
was not exhausted
nor
did the jar
of oil
2become
empty
, according to the word
of the LORD
which
He spoke
through
Elijah
.
Now it came about after
these
things
that the son
of the woman
, the mistress
of the house
, became
sick
; and his sickness
was so
severe
that there was no
breath
left
in him.
So she said to Elijah
, " aWhat
do I have to do with you, O bman
of God
? 1You have come
to me to bring
my iniquity
to remembrance
and to put
my son
to death
!"
He said to her, "Give
me your son
." Then he took
him from her bosom
and carried
him up to the upper
room
where
he was living
, and laid
him on his own bed
.
He called to the LORD
and said
, "O LORD
my God
, have You also
brought
calamity
to the widow
with whom
I am 1staying
, by causing her son
to die
?"
aThen he stretched himself upon the child
three
times
, and called
to the LORD
and said
, "O LORD
my God
, I pray
You, let this
child's
life
return
1to him."
The LORD heard
the voice
of Elijah
, aand the life
of the child
returned
1to him and he revived
.
Elijah took
the child
and brought
him down
from the upper
room
into the house
and gave
him to his mother
; and Elijah
said
, "See
, your son
is alive
."
Then the woman said
to Elijah
, " aNow
I know
that you are a man
of God
and that the word
of the LORD
in your mouth
is truth
."