Elijah tells Ahab there will be no rain. God feeds him by ravens at the brook Cherith, then sends him to a widow at Zarephath whose flour and oil do not run out. Elijah raises her son from death.
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 .
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 .
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 .