God Feeds Elijah

Elijah was God's prophet. He told King Ahab, "As the LORD God of Israel lives, there will be no rain or dew for years, until I say so." And the rain stopped.

God told Elijah, "Go and hide by the brook Cherith. You can drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there." Elijah went. Morning and evening, ravens flew to him with bread and meat, and he drank from the brook.

After a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain. Then God said, "Go to the town of Zarephath. I have told a widow there to feed you."

At the town gate Elijah met the widow gathering sticks. He asked her for water and a little bread. She said, "I have only a handful of flour and a little oil — one last meal for me and my son." Elijah said, "Do not be afraid. Make me a little cake first. The LORD God of Israel says your flour and oil will not run out until he sends rain again."

She did what Elijah said, and it was true! She and her son and Elijah ate for many days. The flour and the oil never ran out.

Later the widow's son got so sick that he stopped breathing. Elijah carried him upstairs and cried out to the LORD, "Let this child live again!" The LORD heard Elijah, and the boy came back to life. Elijah brought him to his mother and said, "See, your son lives." The woman said, "Now I know you are a man of God, and the word of the LORD in your mouth is true."