1 Kings 17
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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.

A.M.

Matthew 11:14 And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come.

Matthew 16:14 And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elias; …

Matthew 27:47,49 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man …

Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn …

Luke 4:25,26 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days …

Luke 9:30,33,54 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias…

John 1:21,25 And they asked him, What then? Are you Elias? And he said, I am not. …

Romans 11:2 God has not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not …

Elias
As the Lord God

1 Kings 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD said to me, that …

2 Kings 3:14 And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely…

2 Kings 5:16 But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive …

Isaiah 49:18 Lift up your eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves …

Matthew 7:29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Luke 1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn …

before whom

Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark …

Jeremiah 15:19 Therefore thus said the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you …

Luke 1:19 And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in …

Luke 21:36 Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy …

Acts 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

dew nor rain

Luke 4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days …

James 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed …

Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of …

And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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.

did according

1 Kings 19:9 And he came thither to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the …

Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding.

Matthew 16:24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, …

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.

Many learned men have raised doubts on those parts of the Inspired word, which may, by the perverseness of their argument and the ingenuity of their surmise, be made {to appear} inconsistent with fact. In this case, they are not satisfied with being expressly told by God that the ravens supplied Elijah with food, while the brook gave him drink, but apparently to mystify a manifest miracle, they suggest whether these ravens might not be merchantmen, or the inhabitants of a neighbouring town. Let any unprejudiced reader and lover of the Bible take the whole history of Elijah, and he will find that his life was almost a daily illustration of the power of God in his miraculous interpositions. Instance the supply of provision in the unwasting barrel of meal and cruse of oil, after the prophet had removed to Zarephath: the power communicated to him to raise the widow's son from death: the wonderful interposition of the Lord to prove the folly of Baal's worshippers, in sending down fire from heaven to consume Elijah's sacrifice and lick up the water, although the sacrifice had been saturated therewith, and the altar surrounded by a deep trench to prevent its running away. The prayer for rain is another instance: the sojourn in Horeb forty days and forty nights, after having eaten of the cake: the smiting of the waters at Jordan: the fall of the mantle on Elisha: and finally, in the closing scene of life, he was taken to glory without tasting the pains of death, the sting was taken away.

And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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.
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.
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.
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 unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
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.
And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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