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1 Kings 17 – New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Elijah Predicts Drought

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Now Elijah H452 the Tishbite H8664, who was of [fn]the settlers H8453 of Gilead H1568, said H559 to Ahab H256, “As the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 lives H2416, before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975, there shall certainly H518 be neither H518 dew H2919 nor rain H4306 during these H428 years H8141, except H3588 H518 by my word H1697.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:2 - Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to him, saying H559,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - “Go H1980 away from here H2088 and turn H6437 eastward H6924, and hide H5641 yourself by the brook H5158 Cherith H3747, which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of the Jordan H3383.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - “And it shall be that you will drink H8354 from the brook H5158, and I have commanded H6680 the ravens H6158 to provide H3557 food H3557 for you there H8033.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:5 - So he went H1980 and did H6213 everything according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068, for he went H1980 and lived H3427 by the brook H5158 Cherith H3747, which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of the Jordan H3383.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens H6158 brought H935 him bread H3899 and meat H1320 in the morning H1242 and bread H3899 and meat H1320 in the evening H6153, and he would drink H8354 from the brook H5158.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - But it happened H1961 after H4480 H7093 a while H3117 that the brook H5158 dried H3001 up H3001, because H3588 there was no H3808 rain H1653 in the land H776.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:8 -

Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to him, saying H559,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - “Arise H6965, go H1980 to Zarephath H6886, which H834 belongs to Sidon H6721, and stay H3427 there H8033; behold H2009, I have commanded H6680 a widow H802 H490 there H8033 to provide H3557 food H3557 for you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - So he arose H6965 and went H1980 to Zarephath H6886, and when he came H935 to the entrance H6607 of the city H5892, behold H2009, a widow H802 H490 was there H8033 gathering H7197 sticks H6086; and he called H7121 to her and said H559, “Please H4994 get H3947 me a little H4592 water H4325 in a [fn]cup H3627, so that I may drink H8354.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:11 - As she was going H1980 to get H3947 it, he called H7121 to her and said H559, “Please H4994 bring H3947 me a piece H6595 of bread H3899 in your hand H3027.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - But she said H559, “As the LORD H3068 your God H430 lives H2416, I have H3426 no H518 food H4580, only H3588 H518 a handful H4393 H3709 of flour H7058 in the [fn]bowl H3537 and a little H4592 oil H8081 in the jar H6835; and behold H2009, I am gathering H7197 [fn]a few H8147 sticks H6086 so that I may go H935 in H935 and prepare H6213 it for me and my son H1121, so that we may [fn]eat H398 it and die H4191.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - However, Elijah H452 said H559 to her, “Do not fear H3372; go H935, do H6213 as you have said H1697. Just H389 make H6213 me a little H6996 bread H5692 loaf H5692 from [fn]it first H7223 and bring H3318 it out H3318 to me, and afterward H314 you may make H6213 one for yourself and for your son H1121.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068, the God H430 of Israel H3478 says H559: ‘The [fn]bowl H3537 of flour H7058 shall not be used H3615 up H3615, nor H3808 shall the jar H6835 of oil H8081 become H2637 empty H2637, until H5704 the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 provides H5414 rain H1653 on the face H6440 of the earth H127.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:15 - So she went H1980 and did H6213 everything in accordance with the word H1697 of Elijah H452, and she and he and her household H1004 ate H398 for many days H3117.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - The [fn]bowl H3537 of flour H7058 was not used H3615 up H3615, nor H3808 did the jar H6835 of oil H8081 become H2637 empty H2637, in accordance with the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He spoke H1696 through H3027 Elijah H452.

Elijah Raises the Widow’s Son

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 -

Now it happened H1961 after H310 these H428 things H1697 that the son H1121 of the woman H802, the mistress H1172 of the house H1004, became H2470 sick H2470; and his [fn]condition H2483 became H1961 very H3966 grave H2389, until H5704 at the end [fn]he was H3498 no H3808 longer H3498 breathing H5397.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - So she said H559 to Elijah H452, “[fn]Why H4100 is my business any of yours, you man H376 of God H430? Yet you have come H935 to me to bring H2142 my wrongdoing H5771 to H2142 remembrance H2142, and to put H4191 my son H1121 to H4191 death H4191!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - But he said H559 to her, “Give H5414 me your son H1121.” Then he took H3947 him from her [fn]arms H2436 and carried H5927 him up H5927 to the upstairs H5944 room H5944 where H834 H8033 he was living H3427, and laid H7901 him on his own bed H4296.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And he called H7121 to the LORD H3068 and said H559, “LORD H3068, my God H430, have You also H1571 brought H7489 catastrophe H7489 upon the widow H490 with whom H834 I am [fn]staying H1481, by causing her son H1121 to die H4191?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - Then he stretched H4058 himself out H4058 over H5921 the boy H3206 three H7969 times H6471, and called H7121 to the LORD H3068 and said H559, “LORD H3068, my God H430, please H4994, let this H2088 boy’s H3206 life H5315 return H7725 [fn]to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:22 - And the LORD H3068 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Elijah H452, and the life H5315 of the boy H3206 returned H7725 [fn]to him and he revived H2421.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - Elijah H452 then took H3947 the boy H3206 and brought H3381 him down H3381 from the upstairs H5944 room H5944 into the house H1004 and gave H5414 him to his mother H517; and Elijah H452 said H559, “See H7200, your son H1121 is alive H2416.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:24 - Then the woman H802 said H559 to Elijah H452, “Now H6258 I know H3045 that you are a man H376 of God H430, and that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 in your mouth H6310 is truth H571.”
NASB20 Footnotes
Another reading is Tishbe in Gilead
Lit facing
Lit facing
Lit vessel
Lit pitcher
Lit two
I.e., have their last meal
Lit there
Lit pitcher
Lit pitcher
Lit illness
Lit breath was not left in him
Lit What to me and to you, an ancient idiom
Lit breast
Lit sojourning
Lit upon his inward part
Lit upon his inward part
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