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
.
And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying
,
Get thee hence, and turn
thee eastward
, and hide
thyself by the brook
Cherith
, that is before
Jordan
.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook
; and I have commanded
the ravens
to feed
thee there.
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
.
And the ravens brought
him bread
and flesh
in the morning
, and bread
and flesh
in the evening
; and he drank
of the brook
.
And it came to pass after a while
, that the brook
dried up
, because there had been no rain
in the land
.
And the word of the LORD
came unto him, saying
,
Arise, get
thee to Zarephath
, which belongeth to Zidon
, and dwell
there: behold, I have commanded
a widow
woman
there to sustain
thee.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And she went and did
according to the saying
of Elijah
: and she, and he, and her house
, did eat
many days
.
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
.
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.
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
?
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
.
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
?
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
.
And the LORD heard
the voice
of Elijah
; and the soul
of the child
came
into him
again
, and he revived
.
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
.
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
.