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Elijah
Predicts Drought |
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| 1 Kings 17:1 |
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Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers
of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I
stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." |
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| 1 Kings 17:2 |
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The word of the LORD came to him, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 17:3 |
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"Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide
yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. |
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| 1 Kings 17:4 |
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It shall be that you will drink of the brook,
and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." |
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| 1 Kings 17:5 |
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So he went and did according to the word of
the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. |
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| 1 Kings 17:6 |
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The ravens brought him bread and meat in the
morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. |
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| 1 Kings 17:7 |
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It happened after a while that the brook dried
up, because there was no rain in the land. |
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| 1 Kings 17:8 |
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Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, |
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| 1 Kings 17:9 |
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"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon,
and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." |
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| 1 Kings 17:10 |
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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
he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may
drink." |
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| 1 Kings 17:11 |
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As she was going to get it, he called to her
and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." |
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| 1 Kings 17:12 |
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But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I
have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar;
and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and
my son, that we may eat it and die." |
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| 1 Kings 17:13 |
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Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do
as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out
to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. |
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| 1 Kings 17:14 |
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For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl
of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the
day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" |
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| 1 Kings 17:15 |
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So she went and did according to the word of
Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. |
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| 1 Kings 17:16 |
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The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did
the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke
through Elijah. |
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Elijah
Raises the Widow's Son |
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| 1 Kings 17:17 |
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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. |
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| 1 Kings 17:18 |
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So she said to Elijah, "What do I have to do
with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance
and to put my son to death!" |
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| 1 Kings 17:19 |
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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. |
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| 1 Kings 17:20 |
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He called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God,
have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing
her son to die?" |
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| 1 Kings 17:21 |
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Then 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 to him." |
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| 1 Kings 17:22 |
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The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the
life of the child returned to him and he revived. |
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| 1 Kings 17:23 |
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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." |
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| 1 Kings 17:24 |
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Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that
you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth." |
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