1 Kings 17:1-13 ▼

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

2 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

3 “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

4 And it will be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.”

5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

6 And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

7 Now it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

8 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

9 “Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and remain 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; and he called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

11 So she went to get it, and he called to her and said, “Please get me a piece of bread in your hand.”

12 But she said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”

13 Then Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son.