I Kings · Chapter 17 King James Version

I Kings 17:16

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The Scripture

(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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Elijah declared a drought to Ahab and was fed by ravens at the brook Cherith before being sent to a widow in Zarephath, whose jar of meal and jug of oil miraculously did not run out during the famine. When the widow's son later died, Elijah prayed and the LORD restored the boy to life.

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