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And Elijah[H452] the Tishbite[H8664], who was of the inhabitants[H8453] of Gilead[H1568], said[H559] unto Ahab[H256], As the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478]liveth[H2416], before[H6440] whom I stand[H5975], there shall not be dew[H2919] nor rain[H4306] these years[H8141], but according[H6310] to my word[H1697].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto him, saying[H559],
3Get[H3212] thee hence, and turn[H6437] thee eastward[H6924], and hide[H5641] thyself by the brook[H5158]Cherith[H3747], that is before[H6440]Jordan[H3383].
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And it shall be, that thou shalt drink[H8354] of the brook[H5158]; and I have commanded[H6680] the ravens[H6158] to feed[H3557] thee there.
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So he went[H3212] and did[H6213] according unto the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]: for he went[H3212] and dwelt[H3427] by the brook[H5158]Cherith[H3747], that is before[H6440]Jordan[H3383].
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And the ravens[H6158]brought[H935] him bread[H3899] and flesh[H1320] in the morning[H1242], and bread[H3899] and flesh[H1320] in the evening[H6153]; and he drank[H8354] of the brook[H5158].
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And it came to pass after[H7093] a while[H3117], that the brook[H5158] dried up[H3001], because there had been no rain[H1653] in the land[H776].
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And the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto him, saying[H559],
9Arise[H6965], get[H3212] thee to Zarephath[H6886], which belongeth to Zidon[H6721], and dwell[H3427] there: behold, I have commanded[H6680] a widow[H490]woman[H802] there to sustain[H3557] thee.
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So he arose[H6965] and went[H3212] to Zarephath[H6886]. And when he came[H935] to the gate[H6607] of the city[H5892], behold, the widow[H490]woman[H802] was there gathering[H7197] of sticks[H6086]: and he called[H7121] to her, and said[H559], Fetch[H3947] me, I pray thee, a little[H4592]water[H4325] in a vessel[H3627], that I may drink[H8354].
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And as she was going[H3212] to fetch[H3947] it, he called[H7121] to her, and said[H559], Bring[H3947] me, I pray thee, a morsel[H6595] of bread[H3899] in thine hand[H3027].
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And she said[H559], As the LORD[H3068] thy God[H430]liveth[H2416], I have[H3426] not a cake[H4580], but an handful[H4393] of meal[H7058]in[H935] a barrel[H3537], and a little[H4592]oil[H8081]in[H935] a cruse[H6835]: and, behold, I am gathering[H7197]two[H8147]sticks[H6086], that I may go in[H935] and dress[H6213] it for me and my son[H1121], that we may eat[H398] it, and die[H4191].
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And Elijah[H452]said[H559] unto her, Fear[H3372] not; go[H935] and do[H6213] as thou hast said[H1697]: but make[H6213] me thereof[H8033] a little[H6996]cake[H5692]first[H7223], and bring[H3318] it unto me, and after[H314]make[H6213] for thee and for thy son[H1121].
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], The barrel[H3537] of meal[H7058] shall not waste[H3615], neither shall the cruse[H6835] of oil[H8081]fail[H2637], until the day[H3117] that the LORD[H3068]sendeth[H5414]rain[H1653]upon[H6440] the earth[H127].
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And she went[H3212] and did[H6213] according to the saying[H1697] of Elijah[H452]: and she, and he, and her house[H1004], did[H6213]eat[H398] many days[H3117].
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And the barrel[H3537] of meal[H7058]wasted[H3615] not, neither did the cruse[H6835] of oil[H8081]fail[H2638], according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027]Elijah[H452].
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And it came to pass after[H310] these things[H1697], that the son[H1121] of the woman[H802], the mistress[H1172] of the house[H1004], fell sick[H2470]; and his sickness[H2483] was so[H3966]sore[H2389], that there was no breath[H5397]left[H3498] in him.
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And she said[H559] unto Elijah[H452], What have I to do with thee, O thou man[H376] of God?[H430] art thou come[H935] unto me to call[H2142] my sin[H5771] to remembrance[H2142], and to slay[H4191] my son?[H1121]
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And he said[H559] unto her, Give[H5414] me thy son[H1121]. And he took[H3947] him out of her bosom[H2436], and carried him up[H5927] into a loft[H5944], where he abode[H3427], and laid[H7901] him upon his own bed[H4296].
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And he cried[H7121] unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O LORD[H3068] my God[H430], hast thou also brought evil[H7489] upon the widow[H490] with whom I sojourn[H1481], by slaying[H4191] her son?[H1121]
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And he stretched[H4058] himself upon the child[H3206]three[H7969]times[H6471], and cried[H7121] unto the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O LORD[H3068] my God[H430], I pray thee, let this child[H3206]'s soul[H5315]come[H7725] into him[H7130]again[H7725].
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And the LORD[H3068]heard[H8085] the voice[H6963] of Elijah[H452]; and the soul[H5315] of the child[H3206]came[H7725] into him[H7130]again[H7725], and he revived[H2421].
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And Elijah[H452]took[H3947] the child[H3206], and brought him down[H3381] out of the chamber[H5944] into the house[H1004], and delivered[H5414] him unto his mother[H517]: and Elijah[H452]said[H559], See[H7200], thy son[H1121]liveth[H2416].
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And the woman[H802]said[H559] to Elijah[H452], Now by this[H2088] I know[H3045] that thou art a man[H376] of God[H430], and that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] in thy mouth[H6310] is truth[H571].