1 Kings 17

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The Ravens Feed Elijah

¹Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead,^a said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

¹And Elijah the Tishbite from the Tishbites of Gilead said to Ahab, “As YHWH, God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew and rain, except if at my word.”

²Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:

²And the word of YHWH came to him, saying,

³“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.^a

³“Go from this place and turn for yourself eastward, and hide by the Brook of Cherith that is on the face of the Jordan.

⁴And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

⁴And it will come to pass that you shall drink from the brook, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain you there.”

⁵So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.

⁵And he went and did according to the word of YHWH. And he went and stayed by the Brook of Cherith that is on the face of the Jordan.

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

⁶And the ravens brought to him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

⁷Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

⁷And it came to pass at the end of some days that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

The Widow of Zarephath

⁸Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

⁸And the word of YHWH came to him, saying,

⁹“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”

⁹“Arise, go to Zarephath, which is unto Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded there a widow woman to provide for you.”

¹⁰So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

¹⁰And he arose and went to Zarephath. And he came to the gate of the city, and behold, there a widow, woman, was gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in the vessel, that I may drink.”

¹¹And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”

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

¹²But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”

¹²And she said, “As YHWH your God lives, there is unto me no bread, but only the fullness of a palm of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. And behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

¹³“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,

¹³And Elijah said to her, “Fear not. Go, do according to your word. However, make for me from it a small cake first, and bring it to me. And for yourself and your son, make some afterward.

¹⁴for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”

¹⁴For thus says YHWH, God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be used up, and the jug of the oil shall not run dry, until the day of YHWH giving rain on the face of the earth.’”

¹⁵So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.

¹⁵And she went away and did according to the word of Elijah, and she ate, she and he and her house for days.

¹⁶The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.

¹⁶The jar of the flour was not used up, and the jug of the oil did not run dry, according to the word of YHWH that He spoke by Elijah.

Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son

¹⁷Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

¹⁷And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was very strong, so that no breath remained in him.

¹⁸“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

¹⁸And she said to Elijah, “What to me and to you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring to remembrance my sin and to kill my son?”

¹⁹But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.”

So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

¹⁹And he said to her, “Give to me your son.” And he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and he laid him down on his own bed.

²⁰Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”

²⁰And he cried out to YHWH and said, “O YHWH my God, also on the widow with whom I lodge, have You brought tragedy by killing her son?”

²¹Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

²¹And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and he cried out to YHWH and said, “O YHWH my God, let come back, please, the soul of this child into his midst.”

²²And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

²²And YHWH listened to the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came back into his midst, and he revived.

²³Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.

²³And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and he gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”

²⁴Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is truth.”

²⁴And the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and the word of YHWH in your mouth is the truth.”