Read 1 Kings 17

World English Bible · 24 verses

1. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
2. ² Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
3. ³ “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
4. ⁴ You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
5. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
6. ⁶ The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
7. ⁷ After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
8. ⁸ Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
9. ⁹ “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
10. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
11. ¹¹ As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
12. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
13. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
14. 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.’”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
15. ¹⁵ She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
16. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
17. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
18. 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!”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
19. 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.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
20. 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?”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
21. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
22. ²² Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
23. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
24. 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.”This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

Scripture: World English Bible, public domain, eBible.org