1 Kings 17 (NET)

1 Kings 17:1¹Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:25-26Jas 5:17Luke 1:171 Kgs 22:142 Kgs 3:141 Kgs 18:1Acts 27:23Deut 10:8Luke 1:19Luke 21:36

1 Kings 17:2²The Lord’ s message came to him:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 11:1Jer 18:11 Chr 17:31 Kgs 12:22Hos 1:1-2Jer 7:1

1 Kings 17:3³“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 22:25Heb 11:38Jer 36:19Jer 36:26John 8:59Ps 31:20Ps 83:3Rev 12:14Rev 12:6Acts 17:14

1 Kings 17:4⁴Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:9Ps 147:9Job 38:41Matt 4:41 Kgs 19:5-8Ps 33:8-9Matt 4:11Job 34:29Job 38:8-13Amos 9:3-4

1 Kings 17:5⁵So he carried out the Lord ’s message; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 19:9John 15:14Matt 16:24Prov 3:5

1 Kings 17:6⁶The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 78:23-24Matt 6:31-33Jer 37:21Ps 78:15-16Luke 22:35Matt 14:19-21Matt 19:26Isa 33:16Judg 15:18-19Ps 34:9-10

1 Kings 17:7⁷After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:10Isa 40:30-31

1 Kings 17:8⁸The Lord’ s message came to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 22:141 Kgs 17:2Heb 13:6Isa 41:17

1 Kings 17:9⁹“Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:26Obad 1:202 Cor 4:71 Kgs 17:4Matt 15:21-22Rom 4:17-21Judg 7:2Judg 7:4

1 Kings 17:10¹⁰So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, “Please give me a little water in a cup, so I can take a drink.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 24:17John 4:72 Cor 11:27Gen 21:15Heb 11:37

1 Kings 17:11¹¹As she went to get it, he called out to her, “Please bring me a piece of bread.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 17:91 Kgs 18:4Gen 18:5Gen 24:18-19Heb 13:2Matt 10:42Matt 25:35-40

1 Kings 17:12¹²She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:33-341 Kgs 17:12 Kgs 4:2-7Ezek 12:18-19Gen 21:161 Sam 14:391 Sam 14:451 Sam 20:211 Sam 25:261 Sam 26:10

1 Kings 17:13¹³Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make me a small cake and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 3:10Matt 6:331 Pet 1:72 Chr 20:172 Kgs 6:16Acts 27:24Exod 14:13Gen 22:1-2Isa 41:13Judg 7:5-7

1 Kings 17:14¹⁴For this is what the Lord God of Israel has said: ‘The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 15:36-38Matt 14:17-202 Kgs 4:42-442 Kgs 3:162 Kgs 7:11 Kgs 17:42 Kgs 9:62 Kgs 4:2-7

1 Kings 17:15¹⁵She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 6:22Heb 11:17Mark 12:43Matt 15:282 Chr 20:20Gen 22:3Heb 11:7-8John 11:40Rom 4:19-20

1 Kings 17:16¹⁶The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, in keeping with the Lord’ s message that he had spoken through Elijah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:28-30John 4:50-51Luke 1:371 Kgs 13:51 Kgs 16:12Luke 1:45Matt 19:26

1 Kings 17:17¹⁷After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:71 Pet 4:122 Kgs 4:18-20Dan 5:23Gen 22:1-2Jas 1:12Jas 1:2-4Jas 2:26Job 12:10Job 34:14

1 Kings 17:18¹⁸She asked Elijah, “Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:82 Kgs 3:13John 2:4Luke 4:342 Sam 16:101 Kgs 13:11 Kgs 18:91 Sam 16:42 Chr 35:212 Sam 19:22

1 Kings 17:19¹⁹He said to her, “Hand me your son.” He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:322 Kgs 4:102 Kgs 4:21Acts 9:37

1 Kings 17:20²⁰Then he called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 5:15-18Matt 21:221 Kgs 18:36-371 Sam 7:8-92 Kgs 19:15Exod 17:4Gen 18:23-25Josh 7:8-9Ps 99:62 Kgs 19:4

1 Kings 17:21²¹He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, “O Lord, my God, please let this boy’s breath return to him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 20:102 Kgs 4:33-35Acts 9:40Heb 11:19Acts 10:10

1 Kings 17:22²²The Lord answered Elijah’s prayer; the boy’s breath returned to him and he lived.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:39Rev 11:11Heb 11:35John 5:28-29Rom 14:91 Sam 2:62 Kgs 13:21John 11:43Acts 20:12Luke 8:54

1 Kings 17:23²³Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, “See, your son is alive!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:36-37Acts 9:41Luke 7:15Heb 11:35

1 Kings 17:24²⁴The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord’ s message really does come through you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 16:30John 2:11John 3:21 John 2:211 Thess 2:13John 4:42-48Eccl 12:10John 11:15John 11:42John 15:24