17:1 Now
Elijah
the
Tishbite,
of
Tishbe
in
Gilead,
said
to
Ahab,
"As
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
lives,
before
whom
I
stand,
there
shall
be
neither
dew
nor
rain
these
years,
except
by
my
word."
17:2 And
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
him:
17:3 "Depart
from
here
and
turn
eastward
and
hide
yourself
by
the
brook
Cherith,
which
is
east
of
the
Jordan.
17:4 You
shall
drink
from
the
brook,
and
I
have
commanded
the
ravens
to
feed
you
there."
17:5 So
he
went
and
did
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD.
He
went
and
lived
by
the
brook
Cherith
that
is
east
of
the
Jordan.
17:6 And
the
ravens
brought
him
bread
and
meat
in
the
morning,
and
bread
and
meat
in
the
evening,
and
he
drank
from
the
brook.
17:7 And
after
a
while
the
brook
dried
up,
because
there
was
no
rain
in
the
land.
17:8 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
him,
17:9 "Arise,
go
to
Zarephath,
which
belongs
to
Sidon,
and
dwell
there.
Behold,
I
have
commanded
a
widow
there
to
feed
you."
17:10 So
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,
"Bring
me
a
little
water
in
a
vessel,
that
I
may
drink."
17:11 And
as
she
was
going
to
bring
it,
he
called
to
her
and
said,
"Bring
me
a
morsel
of
bread
in
your
hand."
17:12 And
she
said,
"As
the
LORD
your
God
lives,
I
have
nothing
baked,
only
a
handful
of
flour
in
a
jar
and
a
little
oil
in
a
jug.
And
now
I
am
gathering
a
couple
of
sticks
that
I
may
go
in
and
prepare
it
for
myself
and
my
son,
that
we
may
eat
it
and
die."
17:13 And
Elijah
said
to
her,
"Do
not
fear;
go
and
do
as
you
have
said.
But
first
make
me
a
little
cake
of
it
and
bring
it
to
me,
and
afterward
make
something
for
yourself
and
your
son.
17:14 For
thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
'The
jar
of
flour
shall
not
be
spent,
and
the
jug
of
oil
shall
not
be
empty,
until
the
day
that
the
LORD
sends
rain
upon
the
earth.'"
17:15 And
she
went
and
did
as
Elijah
said.
And
she
and
he
and
her
household
ate
for
many
days.
17:16 The
jar
of
flour
was
not
spent,
neither
did
the
jug
of
oil
become
empty,
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD
that
he
spoke
by
Elijah.
17:17 After
this
the
son
of
the
woman,
the
mistress
of
the
house,
became
ill.
And
his
illness
was
so
severe
that
there
was
no
breath
left
in
him.
17:18 And
she
said
to
Elijah,
"What
have
you
against
me,
O
man
of
God
You
have
come
to
me
to
bring
my
sin
to
remembrance
and
to
cause
the
death
of
my
son!"
17:19 And
he
said
to
her,
"Give
me
your
son."
And
he
took
him
from
her
arms
and
carried
him
up
into
the
upper
chamber
where
he
lodged,
and
laid
him
on
his
own
bed.
17:20 And
he
cried
to
the
LORD,
"O
LORD
my
God,
have
you
brought
calamity
even
upon
the
widow
with
whom
I
sojourn,
by
killing
her
son"
17:21 Then
he
stretched
himself
upon
the
child
three
times
and
cried
to
the
LORD,
"O
LORD
my
God,
let
this
child's
life
come
into
him
again."
17:22 And
the
LORD
listened
to
the
voice
of
Elijah.
And
the
life
of
the
child
came
into
him
again,
and
he
revived.
17:23 And
Elijah
took
the
child
and
brought
him
down
from
the
upper
chamber
into
the
house
and
delivered
him
to
his
mother.
And
Elijah
said,
"See,
your
son
lives."
17:24 And
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."