1 Kings 17:11-21

11 And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
12 And she said, 1"As the LORD your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die."
13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.
14 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth.'"
15 And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
16 The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by Elijah.

Elijah Raises the Widow's Son

17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said to Elijah, 2"What have you against me, O 3man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!"
19 And he said to her, "Give me your son." And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.
20 And he cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?"
21 4Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life[a] come into him again."

Cross References 4

  • 1. [See ver. 1 above]
  • 2. [Luke 4:34; Luke 5:8]
  • 3. See Deuteronomy 33:1
  • 4. 2 Kings 4:34, 35; Acts 20:10

Footnotes 1

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.