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For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: "The bowl will not run out of flour or the jar run out of oil before the day that I, the Lord, send rain.' "
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The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
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As the Lord had promised through Elijah, the bowl did not run out of flour nor did the jar run out of oil.
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Some time later the widow's son got sick; he got worse and worse, and finally he died.
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She said to Elijah, "Man of God, why did you do this to me? Did you come here to remind God of my sins and so cause my son's death?"
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"Give the boy to me," Elijah said. He took the boy from her arms, carried him upstairs to the room where he was staying, and laid him on the bed.
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Then he prayed aloud, "O Lord my God, why have you done such a terrible thing to this widow? She has been kind enough to take care of me, and now you kill her son!"
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Then Elijah stretched himself out on the boy three times and prayed, "O Lord my God, restore this child to life!"
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The Lord answered Elijah's prayer; the child started breathing again and revived.
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Elijah took the boy back downstairs to his mother and said to her, "Look, your son is alive!"
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She answered, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the Lord really speaks through you!"