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Elijah Announces a Great Drought
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”
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Elijah Fed by Ravens
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:
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Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath
Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
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Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.
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She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family.
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For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.
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She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
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“Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
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The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived.
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Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”
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Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”
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Elijah and Obadiah
After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”
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So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
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As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”
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“Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”
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But now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’
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And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”
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Elijah said, “As the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”
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Elijah on Mount Carmel
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
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When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, you troubler of Israel?”
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“I have not made trouble for Israel,” Elijah replied. “But you and your father’s family have. You have abandoned the Lord’s commands and have followed the Baals.
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Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.
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Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the Lord’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets.
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Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.”
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At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”
