‏ 1 Kings 17

CHAPTER 17

Elijah the Tishbite

1And [⁴said ¹Elijah ²the ³Tishbite], the one from Tishbon   of Gilead, to Ahab, As the lord lives, the God of Israel, in whom I stand before him, Shall there be   these years dew and rain, no, but unless it be through the word of my mouth. 2And came to pass the saying of the lord  to Elijah. 3Go from here according to the east, and hide at the rushing stream Cherith, to the one upon the face of the Jordan! 4And it will be from out of the rushing stream you shall drink water, and to the crows I shall give charge   to nourish you there. 5And [²went ³and ⁴did ¹Elijah] according to the saying of the lord. And he settled by the rushing stream Cherith upon the face of the Jordan. 6And the crows brought to him bread loaves  and meat in the morning, and bread loaves  and meat in the afternoon. And from out of the rushing stream he drank water. 7And it came to pass after many days, that [³dried up ¹the ²rushing stream], for there was no rain upon the earth. 8And [³came to pass ¹the word ²of the lord] to Elijah, saying, 9Rise up, and go into Sarepta of the Sidonians! and you shall dwell there. Behold, I have given charge there [²woman ¹for a widow]   to nourish you.

Elijha and the Widow of Sarepta

10And he rose up and went into Sarepta. And he came unto the gate-house of the city. And behold, there [²woman ¹a widow] was collecting together wood. And [²yelled out ³after ⁴her ¹Elijah], and said to her, Take indeed for me a little water into a container, and I shall drink. 11And she went to take, and [²yelled out ³after ⁴her ¹Elijah], and said to her, Give indeed to me the morsel of bread in   your hand, and I will eat. 12And [³said ¹the ²woman], As [³lives ¹the lord    ²your God], If there is to me a cake baked in hot ashes -- good? but I have only as much as a handful of flour in the pitcher, and a little olive oil in the jar. And behold, I shall collected together two sticks, and I shall enter and make it for myself and   my children, and we shall eat and die. 13And [²said ³to ⁴her ¹Elijah], Be of courage! enter and do according to   your word! But make for me from there [²cake baked in hot ashes ¹a small] at first, and bring it forth to me! and to yourself you shall make and to your children at last. 14For thus says the lord    God of Israel, The pitcher   of flour shall not fail, and the jar   of olive oil shall not have less, until the days of the giving by the lord  the rain upon the earth. 15And [³went ¹the ²woman] and did according to the word of Elijah; and she gave to him, and he ate, and she, and   her children. 16And the pitcher   of flour failed not, and the jar   of olive oil had not less, according to the saying of the lord, which he spoke by the hand of Elijah. 17And it came to pass after these things  that [⁹became ill ¹the ²son ³of the ⁴woman ⁵who was the ⁶lady ⁷of the ⁸house], and [³was   ²illness ¹his] fortified very much, until   there was not left behind in him a breath. 18And she said to Elijah, What is it  to me and to you, O man   of God, for you to enter to me,   to call to mind   my iniquities and to kill   my son?

Elijah Raises the Widow's Son to Life

19And Elijah said to the woman, Give me   your son! And he took him from out of   her bosom, and brought him into the upper room in which he settled there, and he rested him upon   his bed. 20And Elijah yelled out to the lord, and he said, O lord    my God, also indeed the widow with whom I dwell with her, have you inflicted evil   to kill   her son? 21And he breathed into the boy three times, and he called upon the lord, and he said, O lord    my God, return indeed the life   of this boy to him! 22And it became so, and [⁵returned ¹the ²life ³of the ⁴boy] to him. And [³yelled out ¹the ²boy]. 23And he led him  from the upper room into the house, and he gave it to  his mother. And Elijah said, See! [²lives   ¹your son]. 24And [³said ¹the ²woman] to Elijah, Behold, I know that [²a man   ³of God ¹you are], and the word of the lord  in   your mouth is true.