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== Melachim I (Book of 1 Kings), Chapter 17 ==


<named id="1"/><sup>1</sup> And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said unto Ahab: 'As HaShem, the G-d of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.' 

<named id="2"/><sup>2</sup> And the word of HaShem came unto him, saying: 

<named id="3"/><sup>3</sup> 'Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 

<named id="4"/><sup>4</sup> And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.' 

<named id="5"/><sup>5</sup> So he went and did according unto the word of HaShem; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 

<named id="6"/><sup>6</sup> And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. 

<named id="7"/><sup>7</sup> And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.


<named id="8"/><sup>8</sup> And the word of HaShem came unto him, saying: 

<named id="9"/><sup>9</sup> 'Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.' 

<named id="10"/><sup>10</sup> So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her, and said: 'Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.' 

<named id="11"/><sup>11</sup> And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said: 'Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.' 

<named id="12"/><sup>12</sup> And she said: 'As HaShem thy G-d liveth, I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.' 

<named id="13"/><sup>13</sup> And Elijah said unto her: 'Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son. 

<named id="14"/><sup>14</sup> For thus saith HaShem, the G-d of Israel: The jar of meal shall not be spent, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that HaShem sendeth rain upon the land.' 

<named id="15"/><sup>15</sup> And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. 

<named id="16"/><sup>16</sup> The jar of meal was not spent, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of HaShem, which He spoke by Elijah.


<named id="17"/><sup>17</sup> And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. 

<named id="18"/><sup>18</sup> And she said unto Elijah: 'What have I to do with thee, O thou man of G-d? art thou come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?' 

<named id="19"/><sup>19</sup> And he said unto her: 'Give me thy son.' And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the upper chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 

<named id="20"/><sup>20</sup> And he cried unto HaShem, and said: 'O HaShem my G-d, hast Thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?' 

<named id="21"/><sup>21</sup> And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto HaShem, and said: 'O HaShem my G-d, I pray thee, let this child's soul come back into him.' 

<named id="22"/><sup>22</sup> And HaShem hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived. 

<named id="23"/><sup>23</sup> And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the upper chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said: 'See, thy son liveth.' 

<named id="24"/><sup>24</sup> And the woman said to Elijah: 'Now I know that thou art a man of G-d, and that the word of HaShem in thy mouth is truth.' 


== See also ==
* [[Melachim I 16|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Melachim I 17 Commentaries]]
* [[Melachim I 18|Next Chapter]]

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