17:1 | Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word."

17:2 | Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:

17:3 | "Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.

17:4 | You will drink from the brook, and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there."

17:5 | So he did what the LORD had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.

17:6 | The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

17:7 | Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

17:8 | Then the word of the LORD came to him:

17:9 | "Go at once to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow in that place to supply you with food."

17:10 | So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, "Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?"

17:11 | As she was going to get it, he called, "And bring me, please, a piece of bread."

17:15 | She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.

17:16 | For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the LORD spoken by Elijah.

17:17 | Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.

17:18 | She said to Elijah, "What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?"

17:19 | "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.

17:20 | Then he cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought tragedy also upon this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?"

17:23 | Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, "Look, your son is alive!"

17:24 | Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD from your mouth is the truth."