1 Kings 17:8
Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
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1 Kings 17:1
Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
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1 Kings 17:3
“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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1 Kings 17:4
You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
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1 Kings 17:10
So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”
1 Kings 17:11
As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
1 Kings 17:12
She said, “As Yahweh your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”
1 Kings 17:13
Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you have said; but make me a little cake from it first, and bring it out to me, and afterward make some for you and for your son.
1 Kings 17:15
She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.
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