CHAPTERS 12-17
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1 ¶ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were
come to Shechem to make him king.
2 And it came to
pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for
he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
3 That they sent
and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake
unto Rehoboam, saying,
4 Thy father made
our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father,
and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
5 And he said
unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people
departed.
6 And king
Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while
he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people?
7
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this
people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to
them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
8 But he forsook
the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the
young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:
9 And he said
unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken
to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter?
10 And the young
men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt
thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our
yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My
little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
11 And now
whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my
father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
12 So Jeroboam
and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed,
saying, Come to me again the third day.
13 And the king
answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave
him;
14
And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father
made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you
with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
15 Wherefore the
king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he
might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite
unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16 ¶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not
unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now
see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
17
But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah,
Rehoboam reigned over them.
18 Then king
Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with
stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his
chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19
So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day.
20 And it came to
pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and
called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was
none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
21 And when
Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah,
with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which
were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again
to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
22 But the word
of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
23 Speak unto
Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house
of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
24 Thus saith the
LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of
Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They
hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according
to the word of the LORD.
25 ¶ Then Jeroboam built Shechem in
mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel.
26 And Jeroboam
said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David:
27 If this people
go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord,
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to
Rehoboam king of Judah.
28 Whereupon the
king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too
much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt.
29
And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
30 And this thing
became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
31 And he made an
house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were
not of the sons of Levi.
32
And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day
of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the
altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and
he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.
33 So he offered
upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his
own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered
upon the altar, and burnt incense.
1 ¶ And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by
the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by
the altar to burn incense.
2 And he cried
against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith
the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by
name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn
incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
3
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD
hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it
shall be poured out.
4 And it came to
pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried
against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put
forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him.
5 The altar also
was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which
the man of God had given by the word of the LORD.
6 And the king
answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored
me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored
him again, and became as it was before.
7 And the king
said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will
give thee a reward.
8
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine
house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in
this place:
9 For so was it
charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor
turn again by the same way that thou camest.
10 So he went
another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel.
11 ¶ Now there dwelt an old prophet
in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had
done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they
told also to their father.
12 And their
father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man
of God went, which came from Judah.
13
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the
ass: and he rode thereon,
14 And went after
the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art
thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
15 Then he said
unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
16
And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither
will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
17 For it was
said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water
there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest.
18 He said unto
him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee
into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.
19 So he went
back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water.
20 And it came to
pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet
that brought him back:
21
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and
hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee,
22 But camest
back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD
did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
23 ¶ And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and
after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet
whom he had brought back.
24 And when he
was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcase was cast in
the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcase.
25
And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcase cast in the way, and the
lion standing by the carcase: and they came and told it in the city where the
old prophet dwelt.
26 And when the
prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the
man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore
the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him,
according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
27 And he spake
to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him.
28 And he went
and found his carcase cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the
carcase: the lion had not eaten the carcase, nor torn the ass.
29
And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon
the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn
and to bury him.
30 And he laid
his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my
brother!
31
And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons,
saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is
buried; lay my bones beside his bones:
32 For the saying
which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against
all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria,
shall surely come to pass.
33 After this
thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of
the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and
he became one of the priests of the high places.
34 And this thing
became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
1 ¶ At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
2 And Jeroboam
said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not
known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over
this people.
3 And take with
thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall
tell thee what shall become of the child.
4 And Jeroboam's
wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah.
But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age.
5
And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to
ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say
unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to
be another woman.
6 And it was so,
when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he
said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings.
7 ¶ Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my
people Israel,
8 And rent the
kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not
been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed
me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
9 But hast done
evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other
gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy
back:
10 Therefore,
behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that
is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of
Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
11 Him that dieth
of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field
shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
12
Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet
enter into the city, the child shall die.
13 And all Israel
shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the
grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of
Israel in the house of Jeroboam.
14
Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut
off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.
15 For the LORD shall
smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out
of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them
beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
16 And he shall
give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made
Israel to sin.
17 And Jeroboam's
wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the
threshold of the door, the child died;
18
And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the
word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
19 And the rest
of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
20 And the days
which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
21 ¶ And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah.
Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the
tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an
Ammonitess.
22
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to
jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers
had done.
23 For they also
built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under
every green tree.
24 And there were
also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations
of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
25 And it came to
pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up
against Jerusalem:
26 And he took
away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's
house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
27 And king
Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands
of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
28 And it was so,
when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and
brought them back into the guard chamber.
29
Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
30 And there was
war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.
31 And Rehoboam
slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David.
And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
1 ¶ Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son
of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
2 Three years
reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
3 And he walked
in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was
not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.
4 Nevertheless
for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up
his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
5
Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and
turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life,
save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
6 And there was
war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.
7 Now the rest of
the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was
war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
8 And Abijam
slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his
son reigned in his stead.
9 ¶ And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel
reigned Asa over Judah.
10
And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.
11 And Asa did
that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
12 And he took
away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
13 And also
Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made
an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook
Kidron.
14 But the high
places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days.
15 And he brought
in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had
dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels.
16 And there was
war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
17
And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that
he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
18 Then Asa took
all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the
LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand
of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus,
saying,
19 There is a
league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I
have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league
with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
20 So Benhadad
hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
21 And it came to
pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt
in Tirzah.
22 Then king Asa
made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and
they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha
had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.
23 The rest of
all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities
which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings
of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet.
24
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the
city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
25 ¶ And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over
Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two
years.
26 And he did
evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
27 And Baasha the
son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha
smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all
Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.
28 Even in the
third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead.
29 And it came to
pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to
Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the
saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
30 Because of the
sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of
Israel to anger.
31 Now the rest
of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
32 And there was
war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
33 In the third
year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years.
34 And he did
evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his
sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of
Hanani against Baasha, saying,
2 Forasmuch as I
exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and
thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin,
to provoke me to anger with their sins;
3 Behold, I will
take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of
Nebat.
4 Him that dieth
of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the
fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
5 Now the rest of
the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the
book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
6
So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his
son reigned in his stead.
7 And also by the
hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against
Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight
of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
8 In the twenty
and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over
Israel in Tirzah, two years.
9 And his servant
Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in
Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri went
in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of
Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11 And it came to
pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all
the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.
12 Thus did Zimri
destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he
spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,
13 For all the
sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by
which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
14 Now the rest
of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of
the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
15 ¶ In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah
did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
16 And the people
that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the
king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel
that day in the camp.
17 And Omri went
up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.
18 And it came to
pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of
the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died,
19 For his sins
which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make
Israel to sin.
20 Now the rest
of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in
the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
21 Then were the
people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the
son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
22
But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that
followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned.
23 In the thirty
and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve
years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
24 And he bought
the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built,
after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
25 But Omri
wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before
him.
26 For he walked
in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith
he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their
vanities.
27 Now the rest
of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
28 So Omri slept
with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned
in his stead.
29 ¶ And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of
Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years.
30 And Ahab the
son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him.
31 And it came to
pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam
the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of
the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
32 And he reared
up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made
a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all
the kings of Israel that were before him.
34 In his days
did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram
his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua
the son of Nun.
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.
2
And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence,
and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before
Jordan.
4 And it shall
be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed
thee there.
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.
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.
7 And it came to
pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
8 ¶ And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
9 Arise, get thee
to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have
commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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.
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.
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.
13 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.
14
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.
15 And she went
and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did
eat many days.
16
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.
17 ¶ 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.
18
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?
19 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.
20 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?
21 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.
22 And the LORD
heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and
he revived.
23
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.
24 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.