I Kings Chapter 17

I Kings Chapter 17
1 And Elijah the Tishbite one of the
inhabitants of Gilead said unto Ahab, As
the Lord God of Israel liveth, before
whom I stand, there shall be neither dew
nor rain these years, but according to my
word.
2 And the word of the Lord came unto
him, saying,
3 Go hence, and turn thee eastward, and
hide thyself in the river Cherith, that is
over against Jordan,
4 And thou shalt drink of the river: 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
remained by the river Cherith that is
over against 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 river.
7 And after a while the river dried up,
because there fell no rain upon the earth.
8 And the word of the Lord came unto
him, saying,
9 Up , and get thee to Zarephath, which
is in Zidon, and remain there: behold, I
have commanded a widow 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 was there gathering
sticks: and he called her, and said, Bring
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 even an
handful of meal in a barrel, and a little
oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering
a few sticks for to 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,
come, do as thou hast said, but make me
thereof a little cake first of all, and bring
it unto me, and afterward make for thee,
and thy son.
14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel,
The meal in the barrel shall not be
wasted, neither shall the oil in the cruse
be diminished, unto the time that the
Lord send rain upon the earth.
15 So she went, and did as Elijah said,
and she did eat: so did he and her house
for a certain time.
16 The barrel of the meal wasted not,
nor the oil was spent out of the cruse,
according to the word of the Lord, which
he spake by the hand of Elijah. 17 And
after these things, the son of the wife 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 chamber,
where he abode, and laid him upon his
own bed.
20 Then he called unto the Lord, and
said, O Lord my God, hast thou punished
also this widow, with whom I sojourn,
by killing her son?
21 And he stretched himself upon the
child three times, and called unto the
Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray
thee, let this child's soul come into him
again.
22 Then 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, Behold, thy
son liveth.
24 And the woman said unto Elijah,
Now I know that thou art a man of God,
and that the word of the Lord in thy
mouth is true.