17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
17:2 Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
17:3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
17:4 You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.”
17:5 So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
17:6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
17:7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
17:8 Then the word of the LORD came to him:
17:9 “Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food.”
17:10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
17:11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”
17:12 “As surely as the LORD your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread–only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it–and die.”
17:13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small cake of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
17:14 For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.’”
17:15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
17:16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.
17:17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
17:18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
17:19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
17:20 Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”
17:21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried to the LORD, “O LORD my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
17:22 The LORD heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
17:23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
17:24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth.”
17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, from among the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain during these years, except by my word.
17:2 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
17:3 Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
17:4 And you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
17:5 And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; that is, he went and stayed by the brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
17:6 And the ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
17:7 Then after a while the brook dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.
17:8 And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
17:9 Rise up and go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. I have just commanded a widow there to keep you fed.
17:10 And he rose up and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the entrance of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, I beg you, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
17:11 And she went to get it. Then he called to her and said, I beg you, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.
17:12 And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I have nothing baked, but only a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a jar; and I am now gathering a few sticks that I may go and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
17:13 And Elijah said to her, Do not fear. Go, do as you have said. But make me a little cake out of it first, and bring it out to me; then make something for yourself and for your son afterward.
17:14 For thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, The barrel of meal will not give out, nor will the jar of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sends rain upon the face of the earth.
17:15 And she went and did according to the word of Elijah. And she and he and her house ate for many days.
17:16 The barrel of meal did not give out, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which He had spoken through Elijah.
17:17 Then after these things 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.
17:18 And she said to Elijah, What have I done to you, O man of God, that you have come to me to recall my iniquity and kill my son?
17:19 And he said to her, Bring me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the upper chamber where he was staying, and he laid him upon his own bed.
17:20 And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, have You also brought evil upon the widow, to whom I am a guest, by slaying her son?
17:21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I beg You, let this child s soul come into him again!
17:22 And Jehovah listened to the voice of Elijah; and the child s soul came into him again, and he lived.
17:23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son is alive.
17:24 And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.