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(1ki 17:1) 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.
(1ki 17:2) And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
(1ki 17:3) Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that {is} before Jordan.
(1ki 17:4) And it shall be, {that} thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
(1ki 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.
(1ki 17:6) And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
(1ki 17:7) And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
(1ki 17:8) And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,
(1ki 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.
(1ki 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 water in a vessel, that I may drink.
(1ki 17:11) 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.
(1ki 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.
(1ki 17:13) 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.
(1ki 17:14) 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.
(1ki 17:15) And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat {many} days.
(1ki 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.
(1ki 17:17) 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.
(1ki 17:18) 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?
(1ki 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.
(1ki 17:20) 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?
(1ki 17:21) 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.
(1ki 17:22) And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
(1ki 17:23) 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.
(1ki 17:24) 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.
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