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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 Kings 17 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_kings/17.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/1_kings/17-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > 1 Kings 17</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_kings/16.htm" title="1 Kings 16">◄</a> 1 Kings 17 <a href="../1_kings/18.htm" title="1 Kings 18">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch11017" class="chapter"> <h1 class="bksect">IV. <span class="ac">The Story of Elijah</span><a id="rfn11017000-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11017000-1">*</a></h1> <h1 id="cn11017" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Elijah Proclaims a Drought.<a id="rfn11017001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11017001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v11017001" class="ver">1</span>Elijah the Tishbite,<a id="rfn11017001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn11017001-2">*</a> <a id="ren11017001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11017001-a">a</a> from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab: “As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, during these years there shall be no dew or rain except at my word.” <span id="v11017002" class="ver">2</span>The word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> came to Elijah: <span id="v11017003" class="ver">3</span>Leave here, go east and hide in the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. <span id="v11017004" class="ver">4</span>You shall drink of the wadi, and I have commanded ravens to feed you there. <span id="v11017005" class="ver">5</span>So he left and did as the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> had commanded. He left and remained by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan. <span id="v11017006" class="ver">6</span><a id="ren11017006-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11017006-b">b</a> Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.</p> <p><span id="v11017007" class="ver">7</span>After some time, however, the wadi ran dry, because no rain had fallen in the land. <span id="v11017008" class="ver">8</span><a id="ren11017008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11017008-c">c</a> So the word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> came to him: <span id="v11017009" class="ver">9</span>Arise, go to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have commanded a widow there to feed you. <span id="v11017010" class="ver">10</span>He arose and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the entrance of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks; he called out to her, “Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink.” <span id="v11017011" class="ver">11</span>She left to get it, and he called out after her, “Please bring along a crust of bread.” <span id="v11017012" class="ver">12</span>She said, “As the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, your God, lives, I have nothing baked; there is only a handful of flour in my jar and a little oil in my jug. Just now I was collecting a few sticks, to go in and prepare something for myself and my son; when we have eaten it, we shall die.” <span id="v11017013" class="ver">13</span>Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid. Go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake and bring it to me. Afterwards you can prepare something for yourself and your son. <span id="v11017014" class="ver">14</span>For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, says: The jar of flour shall not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, until the day when the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> sends rain upon the earth.” <span id="v11017015" class="ver">15</span>She left and did as Elijah had said. She had enough to eat for a long time—he and she and her household. <span id="v11017016" class="ver">16</span>The jar of flour did not go empty, nor the jug of oil run dry, according to the word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> spoken through Elijah.</p> <p><span id="v11017017" class="ver">17</span><a id="ren11017017-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en11017017-d">d</a> Some time later the son of the woman, the owner of the house, fell sick, and his sickness grew more severe until he stopped breathing. <span id="v11017018" class="ver">18</span>So she said to Elijah, “Why have you done this to me, man of God? Have you come to me to call attention to my guilt and to kill my son?” <span id="v11017019" class="ver">19</span>Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” Taking him from her lap, he carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. <span id="v11017020" class="ver">20</span>He called out to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>: “<span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my God, will you afflict even the widow with whom I am staying by killing her son?” <span id="v11017021" class="ver">21</span>Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times and he called out to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>: “<span class="tetr">Lord</span>, my God, let the life breath return to the body of this child.” <span id="v11017022" class="ver">22</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> heard the prayer of Elijah; the life breath returned to the child’s body and he lived. <span id="v11017023" class="ver">23</span>Taking the child, Elijah carried him down into the house from the upper room and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “See! Your son is alive.” <span id="v11017024" class="ver">24</span>The woman said to Elijah, “Now indeed I know that you are a man of God, and it is truly the word of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> that you speak.”</p> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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