English Bible Presentation Sharing - 1-Kings Book, chapter 17, verse 65 in Hcsb Version

1 Kings 17 : 1 (HCSB)

Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!"

1 Kings 17 : 2 (HCSB)

Then a revelation from the LORD came to him:

1 Kings 17 : 3 (HCSB)

"Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

1 Kings 17 : 4 (HCSB)

You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there."

1 Kings 17 : 5 (HCSB)

So he did what the LORD commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

1 Kings 17 : 6 (HCSB)

The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.

1 Kings 17 : 7 (HCSB)

After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

1 Kings 17 : 8 (HCSB)

Then the word of the LORD came to him:

1 Kings 17 : 9 (HCSB)

"Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there."

1 Kings 17 : 10 (HCSB)

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink."

1 Kings 17 : 11 (HCSB)

As she went to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand."

1 Kings 17 : 12 (HCSB)

But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I don't have anything baked-- only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die."

1 Kings 17 : 13 (HCSB)

Then Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid; go and do as you have said. Only make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterwards, you may make some for yourself and your son,

1 Kings 17 : 14 (HCSB)

for this is what the LORD God of Israel says: 'The flour jar will not become empty and the oil jug will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain on the surface of the land.'"

1 Kings 17 : 15 (HCSB)

So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. She and he and her household ate for many days.

1 Kings 17 : 16 (HCSB)

The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of the LORD He had spoken through Elijah.

1 Kings 17 : 17 (HCSB)

After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness became very severe until no breath remained in him.

1 Kings 17 : 18 (HCSB)

She said to Elijah, "Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son?"

1 Kings 17 : 19 (HCSB)

But Elijah said to her, "Give me your son." So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.

1 Kings 17 : 20 (HCSB)

Then he cried out to the LORD and said, "My LORD God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son?"

1 Kings 17 : 21 (HCSB)

Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times. He cried out to the LORD and said, "My LORD God, please let this boy's life return to him!"

1 Kings 17 : 22 (HCSB)

So the LORD listened to Elijah's voice, and the boy's life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 17 : 23 (HCSB)

Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, "Look, your son is alive."

1 Kings 17 : 24 (HCSB)

Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know you are a man of God and the LORD's word in your mouth is the truth."