| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” | 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!” |
| 2Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, | 2Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah: |
| 3“Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. | 3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. |
| 4And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” | 4And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” |
| 5So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. | 5So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan. |
| 6The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. | 6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook. |
| 7And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. | 7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. |
| 8Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, | 8Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah: |
| 9“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” | 9“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” |
| 10So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink.” | 10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.” |
| 11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” | 11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread.” |
| 12So she said, “As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, 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.” | 12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.” |
| 13And Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son. | 13“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son, |
| 14For thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.’ ” | 14for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’ ” |
| 15So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate for many days. | 15So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household. |
| 16The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah. | 16The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah. |
| 17Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him. | 17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him. |
| 18So she said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?” | 18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?” |
| 19And he said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. | 19But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. |
| 20Then he cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with whom I lodge, by killing her son?” | 20Then he cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?” |
| 21And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, I pray, let this child’s soul come back to him.” | 21Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!” |
| 22Then the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him, and he revived. | 22And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived. |
| 23And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, “See, your son lives!” | 23Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared. |
| 24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth.” | 24Then 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 truth.” |
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