1And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, ²⁵¹there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the ²⁵²word of my mouth.

2And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,

3Depart hence eastward, and hide you ²⁵³by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.

4And it shall be that you shall drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed you there.

5And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.

6And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening and he drank water of the brook.

7And it came to pass after ²⁵⁴some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.

8And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,

9Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain you.

10And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, ²⁵⁵Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, ²⁵⁶that I may drink.

11And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of the bread that is in your hand.

12And the woman said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a cake, but only a handful of meal in the pitcher, and a little oil in a cruse, and, behold, I am going to gather two sticks, and I shall go in and dress it for myself and my children, and we shall eat it and die.

13And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to your word: but make me thereof a little cake, and you shall bring it out to me first, and you shall make some for yourself and your children last.

14For thus says the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not ²⁵⁷diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.

15And the woman went and did so, and did eat, she, and he, and her children.

16And the pitcher of meal failed not, and the cruse of oil was not diminished, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of Eliu.

17And it came to pass afterward, that the son of the woman the mistress of the house was sick; and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.

18And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to kill my son?

19And Eliu said to the woman, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and ²⁵⁸laid him on the bed.

20And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, you have wrought evil for her in slaying her son.

21And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray you, the soul of this child return to him.

22And it was so, and the child cried out,

23and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, your son lives.

24And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that you are a man of God, and the word of the Lord in your mouth is true.