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1 Kings 17 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: Elijah and the Widow

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolBread from Ravens

birdbreadperson

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Gives Food

BIRD → picture 3BREAD → picture 1OIL → picture 4WATER → picture 2

Grade 1God Provides

No rain fell. → picture 4Ravens brought him food. → picture 3He drank from the brook. → picture 1The oil did not run out. → picture 5God gave the boy life. → picture 2

Order:

1. There shall not be dew nor rain these years2. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning3. Which he spoke by Elijah4. And the soul of the child came into him again

Grade 2God Takes Care of Elijah

  1. What did Elijah tell Ahab? There would be no rain.
  2. What did the ravens bring? Bread and meat (circle)
  3. Whom did God send Elijah to? A widow (circle)
  4. What did not run out? Her flour and oil (circle)
  5. What did God do for the widow's son? He gave him life again.
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Grade 3Flour and Oil

  1. Where did Elijah come from? Gilead
  2. What was the brook's name? Cherith
  3. What was the widow doing when Elijah met her? Gathering sticks
  4. How long would the flour and oil last? Until the rain came
  5. What did the woman say she knew? Elijah's word from God was true.
1: There shall not be dew nor rain these years2: The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning3: Which he spoke by Elijah4: And the soul of the child came into him again

Grade 4Fed by Ravens and a Widow

  1. Why was the drought a challenge to Baal? Baal was worshiped as the god of storms.
  2. In whose home country was Zarephath? Jezebel's
  3. What did Elijah ask the widow to do first? Make him a small cake
  4. How many times did Elijah stretch himself on the boy? Three times

Word bank: 1. Elijah; 2. god; 3. ravens; 4. meal

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5The God Who Gives Life

  1. What does Elijah's name mean? My God is Yahweh
  2. Why were ravens surprising helpers? They were unclean birds under the Law.
  3. What made this event first in Scripture? It is the first resurrection recorded in Scripture.
  4. What did Jesus say about this widow in Luke 4 in the New Testament? Elijah was sent to none of Israel's widows but to a widow of Zarephath.
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Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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