1   And Eliiah the Tishbite one of the inhabit&abar;ts of Gilead sayde vnto Ahab, ^note As the Lorde God of Israel liueth, before whom I ^note stand, there shall be neither dewe nor rayne these yeeres, but ^note according to my worde.

2   ¶2; And the worde of the Lorde came vnto him, saying,

3   Go hence, and turne thee Eastwarde, and hide thy selfe in the ^note riuer Cherith, that is ouer against Iorden,

4   And thou shalt drinke of the riuer: and I haue c&obar;manded the ^note rauens to feede thee there.

5   So he went & did according vnto the word of the Lord: for he went, and remained by the riuer Cherith that is ouer against Iorden.

6   And the rauens brought him bread & flesh in the morning, and bread & flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.

7   And after a while the riuer dryed vp, because there fell no rayne vpon the earth.

8   ¶2; And the ^note worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying,

9    ^noteVp, & get thee to Zarephath, which is in Zidon, and remaine there: beholde, I haue commanded a widow there to sustaine thee.

10   So he arose, & went to Zarephath: & when he came to the gate of the citie, beholde, the widowe was there ^note gathering stickes: and he called her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a litle water in a vessel, that I may drinke.

11   And as she was going to fet it, he called to her, and sayde, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsell of bread in thine hand.

12   And shee sayde, As the Lorde thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but euen an handfull of meale in a barrel, and a litle oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering ^note a fewe stickes for to go in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and ^note dye.

13   And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, come, do as thou hast sayd, but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, and bring it vnto mee, and afterward make for thee, and thy sonne.

14   For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, ^note The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be diminished, vnto the time that the Lord send rayne vpon the earth.

15   So she went, and did as Eliiah sayd, and she did eate: so did he and her house ^note for a certaine time.

16   The barrell of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by the hand of Eliiah.

17   ¶2; And after these things, the sonne of the wife of the house fell sicke, and his sicknesse was so sore, ^note that there was no ^note breath left in him.

18   And she said vnto Eliiah, What haue I to do

The widowes sonne raysed to life. with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come vnto me to call my sinne to remembrance, and to slay my sonne?

19   And he said vnto her, Giue me thy sonne. and he tooke him out of her bosome, and caryed him vp into a chamber, where he abode, and laid him vpon his owne bed.

20   Then he called vnto the Lord, and sayde, O Lorde my God, hast thou ^note punished also this widowe, with whome I soiourne, by killing her sonne?

21   And he stretched himselfe vpon the childe three times, and called vnto the Lord, and saide, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this childes soule come into him againe.

22   Then the Lord heard the voyce of Eliiah, and the soule of the child came into him againe, and he reuiued.

23   And Eliiah tooke the childe, and brought him downe out of the chamber into the house, and deliuered him vnto his mother, and Eliiah sayd, Behold, thy sonne liueth.

24   And the woman saide vnto Eliiah, Now ^note I knowe that thou art a man of God, and that the worde of the Lord in thy mouth is true.

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