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1 Kings 17:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah. "

1 Kings 17:16

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14 For the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth.’”

15 She went and did according to the saying of Elijah; and she, he, and her household ate many days.

16 The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.

17 After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.

18 She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”

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2 Kings 10:10

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"Know now that nothing will fall to the earth of the LORD’s word, which the LORD spoke concerning Ahab’s house. For the LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah.”"

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2 Kings 4:38

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"Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”"

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1 Kings 19:21

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"He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, killed them, and boiled their meat with the oxen’s equipment, and gave to the people; and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and served him."

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Luke 4:25

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"But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land."

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Joshua 9:14

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"The men sampled their provisions, and didn’t ask counsel from the LORD’s mouth."

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James 5:17

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"Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months."

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1 Kings 17:1

"Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”"

1 Kings 17:2

"Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,"

1 Kings 17:3

"“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan."

1 Kings 17:4

"You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”"

1 Kings 17:5

"So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan."

1 Kings 17:6

"The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook."

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