4.
God's dealing with Ahab through Elijah the prophet
17:1—19:9
a.
Shutting up the heavens from rain
17:1-24
1)
Elijah warning Ahab
v. 1
1 Kings 17
:1
17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, from among the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor
1arain during these years, except by my word.
2)
God sending Elijah to live on water from the brook and on food brought by ravens
vv. 2-7
1 Kings 17
:2
17:2
And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
1 Kings 17
:3
17:3
Go from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
1 Kings 17
:4
17:4
And you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
1 Kings 17
:5
17:5
And he went and did according to the word of Jehovah; that is, he went and stayed by the brook Cherith, which is before the Jordan.
1 Kings 17
:6
17:6
And the ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.
1 Kings 17
:7
17:7
Then after a while the brook dried up, for there had been no rain in the land.
3)
God sending Elijah to a widow to feed him
vv. 8-24
a)
Elijah miraculously providing meal and oil for the widow, instead of being fed by her
vv. 8-16
1 Kings 17
:8
17:8
And the word of Jehovah came to him, saying,
1 Kings 17
:9
17:9
Rise up
and go to
aZarephath, which belongs to
1Sidon, and stay there. I have just commanded a widow there to keep you fed.
1 Kings 17
:10
17:10
And he rose up and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the entrance of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, I beg you, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
1 Kings 17
:11
17:11
And she went to get
it. Then he called to her and said, I beg you, bring me a piece of bread in your hand.
1 Kings 17
:12
17:12
And she said, As Jehovah your God lives, I have nothing baked, but
only a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a jar; and I am now gathering a few sticks that I may go and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
1 Kings 17
:13
17:13
And Elijah said to her, Do not fear. Go, do as you have said. But make me a little cake out of it first, and bring
it out to me; then make
something for yourself and for your son afterward.
1 Kings 17
:14
17:14
For thus says Jehovah the God of Israel, The barrel of meal will not give out, nor will the jar of
aoil fail, until the day that Jehovah sends rain upon the face of the earth.
1 Kings 17
:15
17:15
And she went and did according to the word of Elijah. And she and he and her house ate for
many days.
1 Kings 17
:16
17:16
The 1barrel of meal did not give out, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which He had spoken through Elijah.
b)
Elijah raising up the widow's dead son
vv. 17-24
1 Kings 17
:17
17:17
Then after these things the
ason of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; and his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
1 Kings 17
:18
17:18
And she said to Elijah, What have I done to you, O
aman of God,
that you have come to me to recall my iniquity and kill my son?
1 Kings 17
:19
17:19
And he said to her, Bring me your son. And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into the upper chamber where he was staying, and he laid him upon his own bed.
1 Kings 17
:20
17:20
And he cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, have You also brought evil upon the widow, to whom I am a guest, by slaying her son?
1 Kings 17
:21
17:21
And he
astretched himself upon the child three times and cried to Jehovah and said, Jehovah, my God, I beg You, let this child’s soul come into him again!
1 Kings 17
:22
17:22
And Jehovah listened to the voice of Elijah; and the child’s soul came into him again, and he lived.
1 Kings 17
:23
17:23
And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and
agave him to his mother. And Elijah said, See, your son is alive.
1 Kings 17
:24
17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of Jehovah in your mouth is truth.
