1 N ow Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “ As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

¶ Then Elijah, the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

2 T he word of the Lord came to him, saying,

And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

3 “ Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

Leave this place and turn to the east and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan,

4 I t shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

and thou shalt drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

5 S o he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

6 T he ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

7 I t happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

8 T hen the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

9 “ Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

Arise, go to Zarephath of Zidon, and thou shalt dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

10 S o he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

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, Bring me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

11 A s she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”

And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her again and said, Bring me also, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

12 B ut she said, “ As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

And she said, As the LORD thy God lives, I have no baked bread, but only a handful of meal in a pitcher and a little oil in a cruse; and now I was gathering two sticks that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.

13 T hen Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.

And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but first make me a little cake of bread baked under the ashes and bring it unto me, and afterwards thou shalt make for thee and for thy son.

14 F or thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain on the face of the earth.’”

For thus hath said the LORD God of Israel, The pitcher of meal shall not be consumed, neither shall the cruse of oil fail until that day when the LORD shall send rain upon the earth.

15 S o she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days.

And she went and did as Elijah told her; and he and she and her house ate for many days.

16 T he bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Elijah. Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son

And the pitcher of meal was not consumed, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by Elijah.

17 N ow it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

¶ 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 severe that there was no breath left in him.

18 S o she said to Elijah, “ What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!”

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 iniquity to remembrance and to cause my son to die?

19 H e said to her, “Give me your son.” Then he took him from her bosom and carried him up to the upper room where he was living, and laid him on his own bed.

And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he abode and laid him upon his own bed.

20 H e called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?”

And he cried unto the LORD and said, O LORD my God, hast thou even brought evil upon the widow, with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?

21 T hen he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the Lord and said, “O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child’s life return to him.”

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 T he Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived.

And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.

23 E lijah 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.”

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 lives.

24 T hen the woman said to Elijah, “ Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

Then the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God and that the word of the LORD is true in thy mouth.