1 Kings 17 (NET)

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1 Kings 17:1¹Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:2²The Lord’ s message came to him:Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:3³“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:4⁴Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:5⁵So he carried out the Lord ’s message; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:6⁶The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:7⁷After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:8⁸The Lord’ s message came to him,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:9⁹“Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:10¹⁰So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a little water in a cup, so I can take a drink.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:11¹¹As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:12¹²She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:13¹³Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make me a small cake and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:14¹⁴For this is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:15¹⁵She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:16¹⁶The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, in keeping with the Lord’ s message that he had spoken through Elijah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:17¹⁷After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:18¹⁸She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:19¹⁹He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:20²⁰Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:21²¹He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:22²²The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:23²³Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions

1 Kings 17:24²⁴The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord’ s message really does come through you.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions