1 Kings 17 – Bible | Equip God’s People

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^[1] Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.” ^[2] Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, ^[3] “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. ^[4] You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” ^[5] So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. ^[6] The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. ^[7] After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. ^[8] Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, ^[9] “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.” ^[10] So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.” ^[11] As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” ^[12] She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.” ^[13] Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son. ^[14] For Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.’ ” ^[15] She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days. ^[16] The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Elijah. ^[17] After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. ^[18] She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!” ^[19] He said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the room where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed. ^[20] He cried to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?” ^[21] He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh and said, “Yahweh my God, please let this child’s soul come into him again.” ^[22] Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. ^[23] Elijah took the child and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.” ^[24] The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that Yahweh’s word in your mouth is truth.”

King James Version

^[1] And ElijahH452 the Tishbite,H8664 [who was] of the inhabitantsH8453 of Gilead,H1568 saidH559(QalImpf) unto Ahab,H256 [As] the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 liveth,H2416 beforeH6440 whom I stand,H5975(QalPerf) there shall not be dewH2919 nor rainH4306 these years,H8141 but accordingH6310 to my word.H1697 ^[2] And the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto him, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[3] GetH3212(QalImpv) thee hence, and turnH6437(QalPerf) thee eastward,H6924 and hideH5641(NiphPerf) thyself by the brookH5158 Cherith,H3747 that [is] beforeH6440 Jordan.H3383 ^[4] And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drinkH8354(QalImpf) of the brook;H5158 and I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) the ravensH6158 to feedH3557(PilpInf) thee there. ^[5] So he wentH3212(QalImpf) and didH6213(QalImpf) according unto the wordH1697 of the Lord:H3068 for he wentH3212(QalImpf) and dweltH3427(QalImpf) by the brookH5158 Cherith,H3747 that [is] beforeH6440 Jordan.H3383 ^[6] And the ravensH6158 broughtH935(HiphPtc) him breadH3899 and fleshH1320 in the morning,H1242 and breadH3899 and fleshH1320 in the evening;H6153 and he drankH8354(QalImpf) of the brook.H5158 ^[7] And it came to pass afterH7093 a while,H3117 that the brookH5158 dried up,H3001(QalImpf) because there had been no rainH1653 in the land.H776 ^[8] And the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 came unto him, saying,H559(QalInf) ^[9] Arise,H6965(QalImpv) getH3212(QalImpv) thee to Zarephath,H6886 which [belongeth] to Zidon,H6721 and dwellH3427(QalPerf) there: behold, I have commandedH6680(PielPerf) a widowH490 womanH802 there to sustainH3557(PilpInf) thee. ^[10] So he aroseH6965(QalImpf) and wentH3212(QalImpf) to Zarephath.H6886 And when he cameH935(QalImpf) to the gateH6607 of the city,H5892 behold, the widowH490 womanH802 [was] there gatheringH7197(PoelPtc) of sticks:H6086 and he calledH7121(QalImpf) to her, and said,H559(QalImpf) FetchH3947(QalImpv) me, I pray thee, a littleH4592 waterH4325 in a vessel,H3627 that I may drink.H8354(QalImpf) ^[11] And as she was goingH3212(QalImpf) to fetchH3947(QalInf) [it], he calledH7121(QalImpf) to her, and said,H559(QalImpf) BringH3947(QalImpv) me, I pray thee, a morselH6595 of breadH3899 in thine hand.H3027 ^[12] And she said,H559(QalImpf) [As] the LordH3068 thy GodH430 liveth,H2416 I haveH3426 not a cake,H4580 but an handfulH4393 of mealH7058 in a barrel,H3537 and a littleH4592 oilH8081 in a cruse:H6835 and, behold, I [am] gatheringH7197(PoelPtc) twoH8147 sticks,H6086 that I may go inH935(QalPerf) and dressH6213(QalPerf) it for me and my son,H1121 that we may eatH398(QalPerf) it, and die.H4191(QalPerf) ^[13] And ElijahH452 saidH559(QalImpf) unto her, FearH3372(QalImpf) not; goH935(QalImpv) [and] doH6213(QalImpv) as thou hast said:H1697 but makeH6213(QalImpv) me thereofH8033 a littleH6996 cakeH5692 first,H7223 and bringH3318(HiphPerf) [it] unto me, and afterH314 makeH6213(QalImpf) for thee and for thy son.H1121 ^[14] For thus saithH559(QalPerf) the LordH3068 GodH430 of Israel,H3478 The barrelH3537 of mealH7058 shall not waste,H3615(QalImpf) neither shall the cruseH6835 of oilH8081 fail,H2637(QalImpf) until the dayH3117 [that] the LordH3068 sendethH5414(QalInf) rainH1653 uponH6440 the earth.H127 ^[15] And she wentH3212(QalImpf) and didH6213(QalImpf) according to the sayingH1697 of Elijah:H452 and she, and he, and her house,H1004 did eatH398(QalImpf) [many] days.H3117 ^[16] [And] the barrelH3537 of mealH7058 wastedH3615(QalPerf) not, neither did the cruseH6835 of oilH8081 fail,H2638 according to the wordH1697 of the Lord,H3068 which he spakeH1696(PielPerf) byH3027 Elijah.H452 ^[17] And it came to pass afterH310 these things,H1697 [that] the sonH1121 of the woman,H802 the mistressH1172 of the house,H1004 fell sick;H2470(QalPerf) and his sicknessH2483 was soH3966 sore,H2389 that there was no breathH5397 leftH3498(NiphPerf) in him. ^[18] And she saidH559(QalImpf) unto Elijah,H452 What have I to do with thee, O thou manH376 of God?H430 art thou comeH935(QalPerf) unto me to callH2142 my sinH5771 to remembrance,H2142(HiphInf) and to slayH4191(HiphInf) my son?H1121 ^[19] And he saidH559(QalImpf) unto her, GiveH5414(QalImpv) me thy son.H1121 And he tookH3947(QalImpf) him out of her bosom,H2436 and carried him upH5927(HiphImpf) into a loft,H5944 where he abode,H3427(QalActPtc) and laidH7901(HiphImpf) him upon his own bed.H4296 ^[20] And he criedH7121(QalImpf) unto the Lord,H3068 and said,H559(QalImpf) O LordH3068 my God,H430 hast thou also brought evilH7489(HiphPerf) upon the widowH490 with whom I sojourn,H1481(HiplPtc) by slayingH4191(HiphInf) her son?H1121 ^[21] And he stretchedH4058(HiplImpf) himself upon the childH3206 threeH7969 times,H6471 and criedH7121(QalImpf) unto the Lord,H3068 and said,H559(QalImpf) O LordH3068 my God,H430 I pray thee, let this child’sH3206 soulH5315 comeH7725 into himH7130 again.H7725(QalImpf) ^[22] And the LordH3068 heardH8085(QalImpf) the voiceH6963 of Elijah;H452 and the soulH5315 of the childH3206 cameH7725 into himH7130 again,H7725(QalImpf) and he revived.H2421(QalImpf) ^[23] And ElijahH452 tookH3947(QalImpf) the child,H3206 and brought him downH3381(HiphImpf) out of the chamberH5944 into the house,H1004 and deliveredH5414(QalImpf) him unto his mother:H517 and ElijahH452 said,H559(QalImpf) See,H7200(QalImpv) thy sonH1121 liveth.H2416 ^[24] And the womanH802 saidH559(QalImpf) to Elijah,H452 Now by thisH2088 I knowH3045(QalPerf) that thou [art] a manH376 of God,H430 [and] that the wordH1697 of the LordH3068 in thy mouthH6310 [is] truth.H571

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