--- title: 1 Kings 17 slug: kjv/1-kings-17 createdAt: 2024-08-17T20:55:49.125Z --- **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.