| 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said
unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the 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 Jehovah came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee
eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the 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 Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is
before the 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 was no rain in the land.
8 And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to
Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell 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, a widow was
there gathering 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 thy hand. 12 And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I
have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the
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 forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy
son. 14 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall
not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah
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 The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail,
according to the word of Jehovah, 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? thou art come unto me to bring 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 the chamber, where
he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto Jehovah, and
said, O Jehovah 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 Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee,
let this child's soul come into him again. 22 And Jehovah hearkened unto
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 I know that thou
art a man of God, and that the word of Jehovah in thy mouth is truth.
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