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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 17
Elijah seals the heavens, and is fed by the ravens—At his command
the barrel of meal and the cruse of oil of the widow of Zarephath fail
not—He raises her son from death.
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1 AND
aElijah the Tishbite, who was bof
the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel
liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor
crain these years, but according to my
dword.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and
ahide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is
bbefore Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth
to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a
awidow woman there to sustain
theea.
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9a I have commanded a widow woman there
to sustain thee Not all commandments of the Lord are so easy to
obey. And many do not. Just when and what the exact manner that the Lord did
command the widow is not known. But certainly she was impressed by the
commandment that she did administer unto an otherwise stranger before she did
care for herself and her son. And for this compliance and care given was the
widow and her son blessed of the Lord as is seen in the account so given.
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10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
11 And as she was going to fetch it, he
called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of
abread in thine hand.
12 And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
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15 And she awent and did according
to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many
days.
16 And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
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17 ¶ And it came to pass after these things,
that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and
his asickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in
him.
18 And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with
thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my
asin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
19 And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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20 And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
21 And he astretched himself upon
the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I
pray thee, let this child's bsoul come into him again.
22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the
soul of the child came into him again, and he arevived.
23 And Elijah took the child, and brought him down
out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and
Elijah said, See, thy ason liveth.
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24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
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