Dual Panel1Elijah <0452> the Tishbite <08664>, from Tishbe <08453> in Gilead <01568>, said <0559> to <0413> Ahab <0256>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> lives <02416> (whom <0834> I serve <06440> <05975>), there will be <01961> no <0518> dew <02919> or rain <04306> in the years <08141> ahead unless <0518> <03588> I give the command <01697> <06310>.”
2The Lord <03068> told <01697> him:
3“Leave <01980> here <02088> and travel <06437> eastward <06924>. Hide <05641> out in the Kerith <03747> Valley <05158> near <06440> <05921> the Jordan <03383>.
4Drink <08354> from the stream <05158>; I have <01961> already told <06680> the ravens <06158> to bring <03557> you food <03557> there <08033>.”
5So he did <06213> as the Lord <03068> told him; he went <01980> and lived <03427> in <05921> the Kerith <03747> Valley <05158> near <06440> the Jordan <03383>.
6The ravens <06158> would bring <0935> him bread <03899> and meat <01320> each morning <01242> and evening <06153>, and he would drink <08354> from <04480> the stream <05158>.
7After <07093> a while <03117>, the stream <05158> dried up <03001> because <03588> there had been <01961> no <03808> rain <01653> in the land <0776>.
8The Lord <03068> told <01697> him,
9“Get up <06965>, go <01980> to Zarephath <06886> in Sidonian <06721> territory, and live <03427> there <08033>. I have already told <06680> a widow <0490> who lives there <08033> to provide <03557> for you.”
10So he got up <06965> and went <01980> to Zarephath <06886>. When he went <0935> through <0413> the city <05892> gate <06607>, there <08033> was a widow <0490> <0802> gathering <07197> wood <06086>. He called out <07121> to <0413> her, “Please <04994> give <03947> me a cup <04592> of water <04325>, so I can take <08354> a drink <08354>.”
11As she went <01980> to get <03947> it, he called out <07121> to <0413> her, “Please <04994> bring <03947> me a piece <06595> of bread <03899>.”
12She said <0559>, “As certainly as the Lord <03068> your God <0430> lives <02416>, I have <03426> no <0518> food <04580>, except <03588> for a handful <03709> <04393> of flour <07058> in a jar <03537> and a little <04592> olive oil <08081> in a jug <06835>. Right now I am gathering <07197> a couple <08147> of sticks <06086> for a fire. Then I’m going <0935> home to make <06213> one final meal for my son <01121> and myself. After we have eaten <0398> that, we will die <04191> of starvation.”
13Elijah <0452> said <0559> to <0413> her, “Don’t <0408> be afraid <03372>. Go <0935> and do <06213> as you planned <01697>. But <0389> first <07223> make <06213> a small <06996> cake <05692> for me and bring <03318> it to me; then <0314> make <06213> something for yourself and your son <01121>.
14For <03588> this is what <03541> the Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> says <0559>, ‘The jar <03537> of flour <07058> will not <03808> be empty <03615> and the jug <06835> of oil <08081> will not <03808> run out <02637> until <05704> the day <03117> the Lord makes <05414> it rain <01653> on <05921> the surface <06440> of the ground <0127>.’”
15She went <01980> and did <06213> as Elijah told <01697> her; there was always enough food <0398> for Elijah <0452> and for her and her family <03117> <01004>.
16The jar <03537> of flour <07058> was never <03808> empty <03615> and the jug <06835> of oil <08081> never <03808> ran out <02638>, just <01697> as the Lord <03068> had <0834> promised <01696> through <03027> Elijah <0452>.
17After <0310> this <0428> the son <01121> of the woman <0802> who owned <01172> the house <01004> got sick <02470>. His illness <02483> was so <05704> severe <03966> <02389> he could no <03808> longer <03498> breathe <05397>.
18She asked <0559> Elijah <0452>, “Why <04100>, prophet <0430> <0376>, have you come <0935> to me to <0413> confront <02142> me with my sin <05771> and kill <04191> my son <01121>?”
19He said <0559> to <0413> her, “Hand <05414> me your son <01121>.” He took <03947> him from her arms <02436>, carried <05927> him to <0413> the upper room <05944> where <0834> he <01931> was staying <03427>, and laid <07901> him down <07901> on <05921> his bed <04296>.
20Then he called out <07121> to <0413> the Lord <03069>, “O Lord <03069>, my God <0430>, are you also <01571> bringing disaster <07489> on <05921> this widow <0490> I <0589> am staying <01481> with <05973> by killing <04191> her son <01121>?”
21He stretched out <04058> over <05921> the boy <03206> three <07969> times <06471> and called out <07121> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “O Lord <03068>, my God <0430>, please <04994> let this <02088> boy’s <03206> breath return <07725> to him <07130>.”
22The Lord <03068> answered <08085> Elijah’s <0452> prayer <06963>; the boy’s <03206> breath <05315> returned <07725> to <05921> him <07130> and he lived <02421>.
23Elijah <0452> took <03947> the boy <03206>, brought <03381> him down <03381> from <04480> the upper room <05944> to the house <01004>, and handed <05414> him to his mother <0517>. Elijah <0452> then said <0559>, “See <07200>, your son <01121> is alive <02416>!”
24The woman <0802> said <0559> to <0413> Elijah <0452>, “Now <06258> I know <03045> that <03588> you <0859> are a prophet <0430> <0376> and that the Lord <03068> really <0571> does speak <06310> through you.”