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The Book of 1st Kings
Chapter 17


1st Kings
Chapter 17


1 Now Elijah the
Tishbite, of Tishbe in
Gilead, said to Ahab, "As
YAHWEH the God of
Israel lives, before whom I
stand, there shall be neither
dew nor rain these years,
except by my word."
2 And the word of
YAHWEH came to him,
3 "Depart from here and
turn eastward, and hide
yourself by the brook
Cherith, that is east of the
Jordan.
4 You shall drink from
the brook, and I have
commanded the ravens to
feed you there."
5 So he went and did
according to the word of
YAHWEH; he went and
dwelt by the brook Cherith
that is east of the Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought
him bread and meat in the
morning, and bread and
meat in the evening; and
he drank from the brook.
7 And after a while the
brook dried up, because
there was no rain in the
land.
8 Then the word of
YAHWEH came to him,
9 "Arise, go to Zarephath,
which belongs to Sidon,
and dwell there. Behold, I
have commanded a widow
there to feed you."
10 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,
"Bring me a little water in
a vessel, that I may drink."
11 And as she was going
to bring it, he called to her
and said, "Bring me a
morsel of bread in your
hand."
12 And she said, "As
YAHWEH your God lives, I
have nothing baked, only a
handful of meal in a jar,
and a little oil in a cruse;
and now, I am gathering a
couple of sticks, that I may
go in and prepare it for
myself and my son, that
we may eat it, and die."
13 And Elijah said to her,
"Fear not; go and do as
you have said; but first
make me a little cake of it
and bring it to me, and
afterward make for
yourself and your son.
14 For thus says
YAHWEH the God of Israel,
'The jar of meal shall not
be spent, and the cruse of
oil shall not fail, until the
day that YAHWEH sends
rain upon the earth.'"
15 And she went and did
as Elijah said; and she, and
he, and her household ate
for many days.
16 The jar of meal was
not spent, neither did the
cruse of oil fail, according
to the word of YAHWEH
which he spoke by Elijah.
17 After this the son of
the woman, the mistress of
the house, became ill; and
his illness was so severe
that there was no breath
left in him.
18 And she said to Elijah,
"What have you against
me, O man of God? You
have come to me to bring
my sin to remembrance,
and to cause the death of
my son!"
19 And he said to her,
"Give me your son." And
he took him from her
bosom, and carried him up
into the upper chamber,
where he lodged, and laid
him upon his own bed.
20 And he cried to
YAHWEH, "O LORD my
God, hast thou brought
calamity even upon the
widow with whom I
sojourn, by slaying her
son?"
21 Then he stretched
himself upon the child
three times, and cried to
YAHWEH, "O LORD my
God, let this child's soul
come into him again."
22 And YAHWEH
hearkened to the voice of
Elijah; and the soul of the
child came into him again,
and he revived.
22 And YAHWEH
hearkened to 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 from the upper
chamber into the house,
and delivered him to his
mother; and Elijah said,
"See, your son lives."
24 And the woman said to
Elijah, "Now I know that
you are a man of God, and
that the word of YAHWEH
in your mouth is truth."











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