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I Kings Chapter 17

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In chapter 17 the king of Israel, Jehu, kills his father and uncle and the people mourn his death. The narrative also records the death of the prophet Elisha, who is struck down by a chariot of the king's forces, emphasizing themes of divine judgment and the consequences of disobedience.

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(1) And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
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Matthew 11:14Matthew 16:14Matthew 27:47Matthew 27:49Luke 1:17Luke 4:25Luke 4:26Luke 9:30Luke 9:33Luke 9:54John 1:21John 1:25

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Joel 2:23Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Deuteronomy 11:14Deuteronomy 32:2

(2) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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I Kings 12:22I Chronicles 17:3Jeremiah 7:1Jeremiah 11:1Jeremiah 18:1Hosea 1:1Hosea 1:2

(3) Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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I Kings 22:25Psalms 31:20Psalms 83:3Jeremiah 36:19Jeremiah 36:26John 8:59Acts 17:14Hebrews 11:38Revelation 12:6Revelation 12:14

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Numbers 32:19Deuteronomy 3:27Joshua 13:27Deuteronomy 2:13Joshua 4:7I Kings 17:5

(4) And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
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I Kings 17:9I Kings 19:5I Kings 19:6I Kings 19:7I Kings 19:8Numbers 20:8Job 34:29Job 38:8Job 38:9Job 38:10Job 38:11Job 38:12

(5) So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
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I Kings 19:9Proverbs 3:5Matthew 16:24John 15:14

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Joshua 7:7Joshua 4:7I Kings 17:3

(6) And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
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Exodus 16:35Numbers 11:23Judges 14:14Judges 15:18Judges 15:19Psalms 34:9Psalms 34:10Psalms 37:3Psalms 37:19Psalms 78:15Psalms 78:16Psalms 78:23

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II Chronicles 13:11

(7) And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
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Isaiah 40:30Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 54:10

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Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 11:14Amos 4:7Zechariah 10:1

(8) And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
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I Kings 17:2Genesis 22:14Isaiah 41:17Hebrews 13:6

(9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee.
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Obadiah 1:20Luke 4:26Matthew 15:21Matthew 15:22I Kings 17:4Judges 7:2Judges 7:4Romans 4:17Romans 4:18Romans 4:19Romans 4:20Romans 4:21

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Deuteronomy 17:8

(10) So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
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Genesis 21:15Genesis 24:17John 4:7II Corinthians 11:27Hebrews 11:37

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:7Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2I Kings 17:12

(11) And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand.
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Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:19Matthew 10:42Matthew 25:35Matthew 25:36Matthew 25:37Matthew 25:38Matthew 25:39Matthew 25:40Hebrews 13:2I Kings 17:9I Kings 18:4

(12) And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
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I Kings 17:1I Samuel 14:39I Samuel 14:45I Samuel 20:3I Samuel 20:21I Samuel 25:26I Samuel 26:10II Samuel 15:21Jeremiah 4:2Jeremiah 5:2II Kings 4:2II Kings 4:3

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I Kings 17:14I Kings 17:16I Kings 17:10I Samuel 26:16II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4

(13) And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
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Exodus 14:13II Kings 6:16II Chronicles 20:17Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:13Matthew 28:5Acts 27:24Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:2Judges 7:5Judges 7:6Judges 7:7

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Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(14) For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
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II Kings 3:16II Kings 7:1II Kings 9:6I Kings 17:4II Kings 4:2II Kings 4:3II Kings 4:4II Kings 4:5II Kings 4:6II Kings 4:7II Kings 4:42II Kings 4:43

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I Kings 17:16Deuteronomy 11:14Joel 2:23I Kings 17:12Isaiah 5:6Amos 4:7

(15) And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days.
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Genesis 6:22Genesis 12:4Genesis 22:3II Chronicles 20:20Matthew 15:28Mark 12:43John 11:40Romans 4:19Romans 4:20Hebrews 11:7Hebrews 11:8Hebrews 11:17

(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.
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Matthew 9:28Matthew 9:29Matthew 9:30Matthew 19:26Luke 1:37Luke 1:45John 4:50John 4:51I Kings 13:5I Kings 16:12

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I Kings 17:14I Kings 17:12Leviticus 7:12Joel 1:10

(17) And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
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Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:2II Kings 4:18II Kings 4:19II Kings 4:20Zechariah 12:10John 11:3John 11:4John 11:14James 1:2James 1:3James 1:4

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Judges 5:27II Chronicles 21:19

(18) And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
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II Samuel 16:10II Samuel 19:22II Kings 3:13II Chronicles 35:21Luke 4:34Luke 5:8Luke 8:28John 2:4I Kings 13:1I Kings 18:9Genesis 42:21Genesis 42:22

(19) And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.
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II Kings 4:10II Kings 4:21II Kings 4:32Acts 9:37

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I Kings 3:20Exodus 4:7Esther 2:6

(20) And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son?
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I Kings 18:36I Kings 18:37Exodus 17:4I Samuel 7:8I Samuel 7:9II Kings 19:4II Kings 19:15Psalms 99:6Matthew 21:22James 5:15James 5:16James 5:17

(21) And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
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II Kings 4:33II Kings 4:34II Kings 4:35Acts 10:10Acts 9:40Hebrews 11:19

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II Samuel 12:18II Kings 4:34II Kings 4:35I Corinthians 13:11

(22) And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
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Deuteronomy 32:39I Samuel 2:6II Kings 13:21Luke 8:54John 5:28John 5:29John 11:43Acts 20:12Romans 14:9Revelation 11:11

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11I Kings 17:23II Kings 4:34

(23) And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth.
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II Kings 4:36II Kings 4:37Luke 7:15Acts 9:41Hebrews 11:35

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II Kings 4:30Luke 12:53II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:4II Kings 2:6II Samuel 12:18

(24) And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
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John 2:11John 3:2John 4:42John 4:43John 4:44John 4:45John 4:46John 4:47John 4:48John 11:15John 11:42John 15:24

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