1 Kings 17:1-24 GW

[1] Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so." [2] Then the LORD spoke his word to Elijah: [3] "Leave here, turn east, and hide beside the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River. [4] You can drink from the stream, and I've commanded ravens to feed you there." [5] Elijah left and did what the word of the LORD had told him. He went to live by the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River. [6] Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. And he drank from the stream. [7] But after some time the stream dried up because no rain had fallen in the land. [8] Then the LORD spoke his word to Elijah: [9] "Get up, go to Zarephath (which belongs to Sidon), and stay there. I've commanded a widow there to feed you." [10] He got up and went to Zarephath. As he came to the town's entrance, a widow was gathering wood. He called to her, "Please bring me a drink of water." [11] As she was going to get it, he called to her again, "Please bring me a piece of bread too." [12] She said, "I solemnly swear, as the LORD your God lives, I didn't bake any bread. I have one handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I'm gathering wood. I'm going to prepare something for myself and my son so that we can eat it and then die." [13] Then Elijah told her, "Don't be afraid. Go home, and do as you've said. But first make a small loaf and bring it to me. Then prepare something for yourself and your son. [14] This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Until the LORD sends rain on the land, the jar of flour will never be empty and the jug will always contain oil." [15] She did what Elijah had told her. So she, Elijah, and her family had food for a long time. [16] The jar of flour never became empty, and the jug always contained olive oil, as the LORD had promised through Elijah. [17] Afterwards, the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. He got so sick that finally no life was left in him. [18] The woman asked Elijah, "What do you and I have in common, man of God? Did you come here to remind me of my sin and kill my son?" [19] He said to her, "Give me your son." Elijah took him from her arms, carried him to the upstairs room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. [20] Then he called to the LORD, "LORD my God, have you brought misery on the widow I'm staying with by killing her son?" [21] Then Elijah stretched himself over the boy three times and called to the LORD, "LORD my God, please make this child's life return to him." [22] The LORD heard Elijah's request, and the child's life returned to him. He was alive again. [23] Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upstairs room of the house, and gave him to his mother. He said, "Look! Your son is alive." [24] The woman said to Elijah, "Now I'm convinced that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is true."