FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS
CHAPTER 17
Elijah, having prophesied
against Ahab, is sent to Cherith, where the ravens feed him
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. 2 And the word of the LORD came
unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide
thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it
shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have
commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 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. 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. 7 And it came to pass
after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain
in the land.
"I
have commanded the ravens to feed thee there"
He is sent
to the widow of Zarephath
8 And the word of the LORD came
unto him, saying, 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to
Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to
sustain thee. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and
she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 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.
He raiseth the widow´s son, the
woman believeth him
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. 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?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. 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? 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. 22 And the LORD heard
the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and
he revived. 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. 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.
The Holy Bible, Cambridge University Press 1920
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