| 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 | Get 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 thee there. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 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, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman 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 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 | 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 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 she went 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 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 loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. |
| 20 | 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? |
| 21 | 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. |
| 22 | And 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, See, thy son liveth. |
| 24 | 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. |
