1 Kings 17
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1 Kings 17:8-24

8And the word of Yhwh came unto him, saying, 9Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.1 10So 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. 11And 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. 12And she said, As Yhwh 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. 13And 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. 14For thus saith Yhwh God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Yhwh sendeth rain upon the earth.2 15And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.3 16And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Yhwh, which he spake by Elijah.4

17And 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. 18And 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? 19And 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. 20And he cried unto Yhwh, and said, O Yhwh my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? 21And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Yhwh, and said, O Yhwh my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.56 22And Yhwh heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. 23And 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.

24And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of Yhwh in thy mouth is truth.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Kings 17:9 Zarephath: Gr. Sarepta. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Kings 17:14 sendeth: Heb. giveth. ↩
  3. 3. 1 Kings 17:15 many…: or, a full year. ↩
  4. 4. 1 Kings 17:16 by: Heb. by the hand of. ↩
  5. 5. 1 Kings 17:21 stretched: Heb. measured. ↩
  6. 6. 1 Kings 17:21 into…: Heb. into his inward parts. ↩

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