1 Kings

1 Kings 17 ©

1 Elijah after foretelling a long drought is sent by God to the brook Cherith, and fed there by ravens. 8 He is afterwards sent to a widow of Zarephath, and miraculously reneweth her barrel of meal and cruse of oil. 17 The widow's son dieth, and is restored to life by Elijah's prayer: the woman believeth him to be sent from God.

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AND 1Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As athe LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain bthese years, but according to my word.

a 2Ki. 3.14. De. 10.8. Ja. 5.17. Re. 11.6. Lu. 4.23. Is. 45.11.
b ch. 18.1.
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And cthe word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

c Je. 7.1; 11.1; 18.1; 21.1; 26.1; 27.1; 30.1.
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Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and dhide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

d Je. 36.26. Jn. 8.59. He. 11.38. Mat. 10.23.
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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have ecommanded the ravens to feed thee there.

e Ps. 78.23; 37.3,19. Job 38.41. Re. 12.6,14.
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So he went and did faccording unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

f Pr. 3.5,6. Mat. 16.24. ch. 19.9.
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And the gravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

g Mat. 19.26; 16.25. Hab. 3.17,18. Pr. 30.8-10. Ju. 14.14. Ps. 37.3; 34.9,10.
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And it came to pass 2after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.

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¶And the hword of the LORD came unto him, saying,

h v.2. Ge. 22.14. Is. 41.17. Ps. 46.4. Ju. 15.19.
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Arise, get thee to 3Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.

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So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, iFetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

i v.4. Is. 33.16. Ps. 24.1. Lu. 4.25,26. Ge. 18.4; 21.15. He. 11.37.
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And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, jBring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.

j Ge. 21.15. He. 11.37. Mat. 10.42.
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And she said, As kthe LORD thy God liveth, I have not a lcake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a *cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and *dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and mdie.

k v.1. 1Sa. 25.26,34.
l Ge. 18.6. 2Ki. 4.42.
m Ge. 21.15,16.
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And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but nmake me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

n 1Pe. 1.7. Ge. 22.1. Ju. 7.2-4.
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The obarrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the *cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD 4sendeth rain upon the earth.

o 1Ti. 4.8. Is. 33.16. 2Ki. 4.2-7. Jn. 6.9-13. Mat. 15.32-38; 14.13-21.
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And she pwent and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat 5many days.

p 2Ch. 20.20. Is. 7.9. Mat. 15.28. Mar. 12.43.
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And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the *cruse of oil fail, qaccording to the word of the LORD, which he spake 6by Elijah.

q v.14. ch. 13.5. 2Ki. 14.25. Nu. 23.19. Tit. 1.2. He. 10.23. Je. 32.17,27.
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¶And it came to pass after these things, that the rson of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so *sore, that there was no breath left in him.

r 2Ki. 4.18-20. 1Pe. 4.12; 1.7. Ja. 1.2-4. Jn. 4.49,50.
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And she said unto Elijah, sWhat have I to do with thee, O thou tman of God? uart thou come unto me to vcall my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

s Lu. 5.8. 2Sa. 16.10. Ro. 2.4.
t De. 33.1. Ju. 13.6. 1Sa. 9.6,8. ch. 13.1.
u ch. 18.9. Lu. 5.8. Mat. 14.26.
v Nu. 5.15.
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And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a w*loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

w Ac. 9.39; 1.13. Mar. 14.15.
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And he xcried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also ybrought evil upon the widow with whom I *sojourn, by slaying her son?

x Ex. 14.10. Ja. 5.13,16. Phi. 4.6. Mat. 7.7; 21.22. Is. 45.11. Jn. 14.13,14; 16.23; 15.7. 1Jn. 5.14. 2Ki. 4.33-35.
y v.9. Pr. 14.21. Jos. 7.9.
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And he 7stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come 8into him again.

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And the LORD zheard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he arevived.

a De. 32.39. 2Ki. 4.35. Lu. 7.14,15; 8.54,55. Jn. 11.43,44. Ac. 9.40; 20.11. He. 11.35.
z Ps. 65.2. Ja. 5.15,16. v.19.
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And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.

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¶And the woman said to Elijah, bNow by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

b Jn. 3.2; 2.11; 15.24; 16.30.