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Chapter 17 |
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. |