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1 KINGS 17:1

And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. ...

1 KINGS 17:2

And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ...

1 KINGS 17:3

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. ...

1 KINGS 17:4

And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. ...

1 KINGS 17:5

So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan. ...

1 KINGS 17:6

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. ...

1 KINGS 17:7

And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. ...

1 KINGS 17:8

# And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, ...

1 KINGS 17:9

Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which [belongeth] to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. ...

1 KINGS 17:10

So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman [was] there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. ...

1 KINGS 17:11

And as she was going to fetch [it], he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. ...

1 KINGS 17:12

And she said, [As] the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a 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. ...