1 Kings 17:1-16
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Now Elijah the Tishbite, of s Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, t "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, u before whom I stand, v there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
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And the word of the Lord came to him:
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"Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
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You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
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So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
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And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
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And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
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Then the word of the Lord came to him,
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"Arise, go to w Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."
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So he arose and went to w Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there x gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, "Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."
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And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, "Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
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And she said, t "As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now 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."
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And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son.
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For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.'"
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And she went and did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days.
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The jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty, according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.
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Cross References
Judges 12:4
Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh.
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Cross References
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Cross References
1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, "As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.
Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.
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Cross References
Luke 4:25
But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all the land.
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
1 Kings 18:1
After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.
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Cross References
Obadiah 1:20
The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb.
Luke 4:26
And Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.
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Cross References
1 Kings 17:9
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you."
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Cross References
Numbers 15:32 - 33
While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
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Cross References
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.
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