34IN DAYS HIS HE REBUILT HIEL [THE] BETH- <THE> -ELITE <OBJ.> JERICHO BY ABIRAM FIRSTBORN HIS HE FOUNDED IT AND BY SEGUB YOUNG [SON] HIS HE SET UP GATES ITS ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH WHICH HE SPOKE BY [THE] HAND OF JOSHUA [THE] SON OF NUN 34In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Joshua son of Nun.*NoteCloseSee Joshua 6:26.
1AND HE SAID ELIJAH THE TISHBITE ONE OF [THE] RESIDENT ALIENS OF GILEAD TO AHAB [BY] [THE] LIFE OF YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL WHOM I STAND <TO> BEFORE HIM IF IT WILL BE THE YEARS <THE> THESE DEW AND RAIN THAT EXCEPT TO [THE] MOUTH OF WORD MY The Ravens Feed Elijah 1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead,*NoteCloseOr who was from Tishbe in Gilead said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
2AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO HIM <TO> SAYING 2Then a revelation from the LORD came to Elijah:
3GO FROM HERE AND YOU WILL TURN <FOR> YOURSELF EAST -WARD AND YOU WILL HIDE YOURSELF AT [THE] WADI OF KERITH WHICH [IS] ON [THE] FACE OF THE JORDAN 3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.*NoteCloseOr the Cherith Ravine, near the Jordan; also in verse 5
4AND IT WILL BE FROM THE WADI YOU WILL DRINK AND <OBJ.> THE RAVENS I HAVE COMMANDED TO SUPPLY YOU THERE 4And you are to drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5AND HE WENT AND HE DID ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH AND HE WENT AND HE DWELT AT [THE] WADI OF KERITH WHICH [IS] ON [THE] FACE OF THE JORDAN 5So Elijah did what the LORD had told him, and he went and lived by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
6AND THE RAVENS [WERE] BRINGING TO HIM BREAD AND MEAT IN THE MORNING AND BREAD AND MEAT IN THE EVENING AND FROM THE WADI HE DRANK 6The ravens would bring him bread and meat in the morning and evening, and he would drink from the brook.
7AND IT WAS FROM [THE] END OF DAYS AND IT DRIED UP THE WADI FOR NOT IT HAD BEEN RAIN IN THE LAND 7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8AND IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO HIM <TO> SAYING The Widow of Zarephath 8Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah:
9ARISE GO ZAREPHATH TOWARDS WHICH [BELONGS] TO SIDON AND YOU WILL DWELL THERE HERE! I HAVE COMMANDED THERE A WOMAN A WIDOW TO SUPPLY YOU 9“Get up and go to Zarephath of Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10AND HE AROSE AND HE WENT ZAREPHATH TOWARDS AND HE CAME TO [THE] ENTRANCE OF THE CITY AND THERE! THERE A WOMAN A WIDOW [WAS] GATHERING WOOD<S> AND HE CALLED OUT TO HER AND HE SAID GET PLEASE FOR ME A LITTLE OF WATER IN <THE> VESSEL SO I MAY DRINK 10So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”
11AND SHE WENT TO GET [IT] AND HE CALLED OUT TO HER AND HE SAID GET PLEASE FOR ME A PIECE OF BREAD IN HAND YOUR 11And as she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread
12AND SHE SAID [BY] [THE] LIFE OF YAHWEH GOD YOUR IF THERE TO ME [IS] FOOD THAT EXCEPT [THE] FULLNESS OF A PALM OF FLOUR IN <THE> JAR AND A LITTLE OF OIL IN <THE> JUG AND HERE I [AM] GATHERING TWO WOOD<S> AND I WILL GO AND I WILL PREPARE IT FOR MYSELF AND FOR SON MY AND WE WILL EAT IT AND WE WILL DIE 12But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread— only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
13AND HE SAID TO HER ELIJAH MAY NOT YOU FEAR GO DO ACCORDING TO WORD YOUR ONLY MAKE FOR ME FROM THERE A BREAD CAKE SMALL AT <THE> FIRST AND YOU WILL BRING [IT] OUT TO ME AND FOR YOURSELF AND FOR SON YOUR YOU WILL PREPARE AT THE LAST 13“Do not be afraid,” Elijah said to her. “Go and do as you have said. But first make me a small cake of bread from what you have, and bring it out to me. Afterward, make some for yourself and your son,
14FOR THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL [THE] JAR OF <THE> FLOUR NOT IT WILL BE AT AN END AND [THE] JUG OF <THE> OIL NOT IT WILL BE LACKING UNTIL [THE] DAY GIVES YAHWEH RAIN ON [THE] SURFACE OF THE GROUND 14for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
15AND SHE WENT AND SHE DID ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF ELIJAH AND SHE ATE SHE AND HE AND HOUSEHOLD HER DAYS 15So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.
16[THE] JAR OF <THE> FLOUR NOT IT WAS AT AN END AND [THE] JUG OF <THE> OIL NOT IT WAS LACKING ACCORDING TO [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH WHICH HE SPOKE BY [THE] HAND OF ELIJAH 16The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
17AND IT WAS AFTER THE THINGS <THE> THESE HE BECAME SICK [THE] SON OF THE WOMAN [THE] MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE AND IT WAS SICKNESS HIS SEVERE VERY UNTIL THAT NOT IT WAS LEFT IN HIM BREATH 17Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.
18AND SHE SAID TO ELIJAH WHAT? [IS] TO ME AND TO <THE> YOU O MAN OF <THE> GOD YOU HAVE COME TO ME TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE <OBJ.> INIQUITY MY AND TO PUT TO DEATH <OBJ.> SON MY 18“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
19AND HE SAID TO HER GIVE TO ME <OBJ.> SON YOUR AND HE TOOK HIM FROM BOSOM HER AND HE TOOK UP HIM TO THE UPPER ROOM WHERE HE [WAS] DWELLING THERE AND HE MADE LIE HIM ON BED HIS 19But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20AND HE CALLED OUT TO YAHWEH AND HE SAID O YAHWEH GOD MY ¿ ALSO ON THE WIDOW WHOM I [AM] STAYING AS A SOJOURNER WITH HER HAVE YOU DONE HARM BY PUTTING TO DEATH <OBJ.> SON HER 20Then he cried out to the LORD “O LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on this widow who has opened her home to me, by causing her son to die?”
21AND HE STRETCHED HIMSELF OVER THE LAD THREE TIMES AND HE CALLED OUT TO YAHWEH AND HE SAID O YAHWEH GOD MY LET IT RETURN PLEASE [THE] LIFE OF THE LAD <THE> THIS TO INWARD PART[S] HIS 21Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”
22AND HE LISTENED YAHWEH TO [THE] VOICE OF ELIJAH AND IT RETURNED [THE] LIFE OF THE LAD TO INWARD PART[S] HIS AND HE LIVED 22And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
23AND HE TOOK ELIJAH <OBJ.> THE LAD AND HE BROUGHT DOWN HIM FROM THE UPPER ROOM THE HOUSE TOWARDS AND HE GAVE HIM TO MOTHER HIS AND HE SAID ELIJAH SEE [IS] ALIVE SON YOUR 23Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
24AND SHE SAID THE WOMAN TO ELIJAH NOW THIS I KNOW THAT [ARE] A MAN OF GOD YOU AND [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH IN MOUTH YOUR [IS] TRUTH 24Then 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 truth.”