171 Kings 17

1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Select 1 Kings 17:1

2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,Select 1 Kings 17:2

3Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.Select 1 Kings 17:3

4And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.Select 1 Kings 17:4

5So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelled by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.Select 1 Kings 17:5

6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.Select 1 Kings 17:6

7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. ¶Select 1 Kings 17:7

8And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,Select 1 Kings 17:8

9Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you.Select 1 Kings 17:9

10So 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 you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.Select 1 Kings 17:10

11And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand.Select 1 Kings 17:11

12And she said, As the LORD your God lives, 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.Select 1 Kings 17:12

13And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it to me, and after make for you and for your son.Select 1 Kings 17:13

14For thus says 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 sends rain on the earth.Select 1 Kings 17:14

15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.Select 1 Kings 17:15

16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. ¶Select 1 Kings 17:16

17And 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.Select 1 Kings 17:17

18And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? are you come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?Select 1 Kings 17:18

19And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed.Select 1 Kings 17:19

20And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?Select 1 Kings 17:20

21And he stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray you, let this child’s soul come into him again.Select 1 Kings 17:21

22And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.Select 1 Kings 17:22

23And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives. ¶Select 1 Kings 17:23

24And 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.Select 1 Kings 17:24