1 Kings Chapter 17
17:1 | And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of ![]() |
17:2 | And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, |
17:3 | Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. |
17:4 | And it shall be, [that] thou shalt ![]() |
17:5 | 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. |
17:6 | And the ravens brought him ![]() ![]() |
17:7 | And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. |
17:8 | And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, |
17:9 | Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. |
17:10 | 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 ![]() ![]() |
17:11 | And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of ![]() |
17:12 | 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. |
17:13 | And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go [and] ![]() |
17:14 | For thus saith the LORD God of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
17:15 | And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her ![]() ![]() |
17:16 | [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. |
17:17 | And it came to pass after these things, [that] the son of the woman, the mistress of the ![]() |
17:18 | And she said unto Elijah, What have I to ![]() ![]() |
17:19 | 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. |
17:20 | And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought ![]() |
17:21 | And he stretched himself upon the child three ![]() |
17:22 | And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. |
17:23 | And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the ![]() ![]() |
17:24 | And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou ![]() ![]() |