Elijah Announces Famine
1 Now Elijahthe Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,said to Ahab, “As theLordGod of Israel lives,I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”
2 Then a revelation from theLordcame to him:
3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hideyourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.
4 You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravensto provide for you there.”
5 So he did what theLordcommanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.
6 The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening,and he drank from the wadi.
7 After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
Elijah and the Widow
8 Then the word of theLordcame to him:
9 “Get up, go to Zarephaththat belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”
10 So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.”
11 As she went to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
12 But she said, “As theLordyour God lives,I don’t have anything baked — only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oilin the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”
13 Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,
14 for this is what theLordGod of Israel says, ‘The flour jar will not become empty and the oil jug will not run dry until the day theLordsends rain on the surface of the land.”
15 So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.
16 The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of theLordHe had spoken throughElijah.
The Widow’s Son Raised
17 After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness became very severe until no breath remained in him.
18 She said to Elijah, “Man of God,what do we have in common?Have you come to remind me of my guiltand to kill my son? ”
19 But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper roomwhere he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20 Then he cried out to theLordand said, “MyLordGod, have You also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son? ”
21 Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times.He cried out to theLordand said, “MyLordGod, please let this boy’s life return to him! ”
22 So theLordlistened to Elijah’s voice, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23 Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother.Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know you are a man of Godand theLord’s word from your mouth is true.”
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