1 Kings 17:1-16

1Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”

2Then the word of Adonai came to him saying:

3“Leave this place, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.

4It will come about that you will drink from the wadi. I have also commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

5So he went and did according to the word of Adonai—he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

6The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.

7Then it came to pass after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

8Then the word of Adonai came to him saying:

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

10So he arose and went to Zarephath. Now when he came to the town gate, to his surprise, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he called her and said, “Please bring a little water in a jar that I may drink.”

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

12So she said, “As Adonai your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. Now look, I am gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

13Elijah said to her, “Fear not! Go and do as you said, but first make me a little cake from what you have there. Bring it out to me and afterwards, make some for you and for your son.

14For thus says Adonai God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be exhausted nor shall the jug of oil be empty until the day Adonai sends rain on the land.’”

15So she went and did according to the word of Elijah—and she and he, and her household ate for many days.

16The jar of flour was not exhausted, nor did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of Adonai which He spoke through Elijah.