1 Kings 17:1-13 ▼

1 Elijah the foreigner, who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, |As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I'm standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so.|

2 Later, this message came to him from the LORD:

3 |Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

4 You will be able to drink from that brook, and I've commanded some crows to sustain you there.|

5 So Elijah left and did exactly what the LORD had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.

6 Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

7 But after a while, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

8 Then this message came to him from the LORD:

9 |Get up, move to Zarephath in Sidon, and stay there. Look! I've commanded a widow to sustain you there.|

10 So he got up and went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the entrance to the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he asked her, |Please, may I have some water in a cup so I can have a drink.|

11 While she was on her way to get the water, he called out to her, |Would you please also bring me a piece of bread while you're at it?|

12 |As the LORD your God lives,| she replied, |I don't have so much as a muffin, just a handful of flour in a bowl and some oil left in a bottle. Now I'm going to find some sticks so I can cook a last meal for my son and for me. Then we're going to eat it and die.|

13 But Elijah told her, |You can stop being afraid. Go and do what you said, but first make me a muffin and bring it to me. Then make a meal for yourself and for your son,