1 Kings 17:1-19:21

1 Kings 17:1-19:21

[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] 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  [5] and did  according unto the word  of the LORD:  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,  thee to Zarephath,  which belongeth to Zidon,  and dwell  there: behold, I have commanded  a widow  woman  there to sustain  [10] So he arose  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] 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 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  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.