<vn='1'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s> the <sn="8664">Tishbite</s>, who was of the <sn="4480 8453">inhabitants</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s>, <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="256">Ahab</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="6440">before</s><sn="834">whom</s> I <sn="5975">stand</s>, there shall <sn="518">not</s><sn="1961">be</s><sn="2919">dew</s> nor <sn="4306">rain</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="8141">years</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="6310">according</s> to my <sn="1697">word</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1980">Get</s> thee <sn="4480 2088">hence</s>, and <sn="6437">turn</s> thee <sn="6924">eastward</s>, and hide <sn="5641">thyself</s> by the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="3747">Cherith</s>, <sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And it shall <sn="1961">be</s>, that thou shalt <sn="8354">drink</s> of the <sn="4480 5158">brook</s>; and I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> the <sn="6158">ravens</s> to <sn="3557">feed</s> thee <sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So he <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="6213">did</s> according unto the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: for he <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> by the <sn="5158">brook</s><sn="3747">Cherith</s>, <sn="834">that</s> is <sn="5921 6440">before</s><sn="3383">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And the <sn="6158">ravens</s><sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="1320">flesh</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="1320">flesh</s> in the <sn="6153">evening</s>; and he <sn="8354">drank</s><sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5158">brook</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="4480 7093">after</s> a <sn="3117">while</s>, that the <sn="5158">brook</s> dried <sn="3001">up</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> there had <sn="1961">been</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="1653">rain</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'><sn="6965">Arise</s>, <sn="1980">get</s> thee to <sn="6886">Zarephath</s>, <sn="834">which</s> belongeth to <sn="6721">Zidon</s>, and <sn="3427">dwell</s><sn="8033">there</s>: <sn="2009">behold</s>, I have <sn="6680">commanded</s> a <sn="490">widow</s><sn="802">woman</s><sn="8033">there</s> to <sn="3557">sustain</s> thee. </v>
<vn='10'>So he <sn="6965">arose</s> and <sn="1980">went</s> to <sn="6886">Zarephath</s>. And when he <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="6607">gate</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, the <sn="490">widow</s><sn="802">woman</s> was <sn="8033">there</s><sn="7197">gathering</s> of <sn="6086">sticks</s>: and he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">to</s> her, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Fetch</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="4325">water</s> in a <sn="3627">vessel</s>, that I may <sn="8354">drink</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And as she was <sn="1980">going</s> to <sn="3947">fetch</s> it, he <sn="7121">called</s><sn="413">to</s> her, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="3947">Bring</s> me, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, a <sn="6595">morsel</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s> in thine <sn="3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And she <sn="559">said</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, I <sn="3426">have</s><sn="518">not</s> a <sn="4580">cake</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> a <sn="4393 3709">handful</s> of <sn="7058">meal</s> in a <sn="3537">barrel</s>, and a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="8081">oil</s> in a <sn="6835">cruse</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I am <sn="7197">gathering</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="6086">sticks</s>, that I may go <sn="935">in</s> and <sn="6213">dress</s> it for me and my <sn="1121">son</s>, that we may <sn="398">eat</s> it, and <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="3372">Fear</s><sn="408">not</s>; <sn="935">go</s> and <sn="6213">do</s> as thou hast <sn="1697">said</s>: <sn="389">but</s><sn="6213">make</s> me <sn="4480 8033">thereof</s> a <sn="6996">little</s><sn="5692">cake</s><sn="7223">first</s>, and <sn="3318">bring</s> it unto me, and <sn="314">after</s><sn="6213">make</s> for thee and for thy <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, The <sn="3537">barrel</s> of <sn="7058">meal</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3615">waste</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shall the <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s><sn="2637">fail</s>, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">sendeth</s><sn="1653">rain</s><sn="5921 6440">upon</s> the <sn="127">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And she <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="6213">did</s> according to the <sn="1697">saying</s> of <sn="452">Elijah</s>: and <sn="1931">she</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s>, and her <sn="1004">house</s>, did <sn="398">eat</s> many <sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='16'> And the <sn="3537">barrel</s> of <sn="7058">meal</s><sn="3615">wasted</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> did the <sn="6835">cruse</s> of <sn="8081">oil</s><sn="2637">fail</s>, according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s><sn="310">after</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">things</s>, that the <sn="1121">son</s> of the <sn="802">woman</s>, the <sn="1172">mistress</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s>, fell <sn="2470">sick</s>; and his <sn="2483">sickness</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="3966">so</s><sn="2389">sore</s>, <sn="5704 834">that</s> there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5397">breath</s><sn="3498">left</s> in him. </v>
<vn='18'>And she <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I to do with thee, O thou <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>? art thou <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> me to call <sn="*853"></s> my <sn="5771">sin</s> to <sn="2142">remembrance</s>, and to <sn="4191">slay</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1121">son</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>And he <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="5414">Give</s> me <sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="1121">son</s>. And he <sn="3947">took</s> him out of her <sn="4480 2436">bosom</s>, and carried him <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">into</s> a <sn="5944">loft</s>, <sn="834 8033">where</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="3427">abode</s>, and <sn="7901">laid</s> him <sn="5921">upon</s> his own <sn="4296">bed</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And he <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, hast thou <sn="1571">also</s> brought <sn="7489">evil</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="490">widow</s><sn="5973">with</s><sn="834">whom</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="1481">sojourn</s>, by <sn="4191">slaying</s><sn="*853"></s> her <sn="1121">son</s>? </v>
<vn='21'>And he stretched <sn="4058">himself</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3206">child</s><sn="7969">three</s><sn="6471">times</s>, and <sn="7121">cried</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> my <sn="430">God</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let <sn="2088">this</s><sn="3206">child</s> 's <sn="5315">soul</s> come into him <sn="7725 5921 7130">again</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="8085">heard</s> the <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="452">Elijah</s>; and the <sn="5315">soul</s> of the <sn="3206">child</s> came into him <sn="7725 5921 7130">again</s>, and he <sn="2421">revived</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3206">child</s>, and brought him <sn="3381">down</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="5944">chamber</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="5414">delivered</s> him unto his <sn="517">mother</s>: and <sn="452">Elijah</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="7200">See</s>, thy <sn="1121">son</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="452">Elijah</s>, <sn="6258">Now</s> by <sn="2088">this</s> I <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> art a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in thy <sn="6310">mouth</s> is <sn="571">truth</s>. </v>