1 Kings 17:1-12
Elijah Predicts a Drought
1Now Elijah the Tishbite, of aTishbe ▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers
in Gilead, said to Ahab, c“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, dbefore whom I stand, ethere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2And the word of the Lord came to him: 3“Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. 4You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” 5So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan. 6And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. The Widow of Zarephath
8Then the word of the Lord came to him, 9“Arise, go to fZarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” 10So he arose and went to gZarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there hgathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.” 11And as she was going to bring it, he called to her and said, “Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.” 12And she said, i“As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. And now I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”1 Kings 18:2
2So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.2 Kings 8:1-2
The Shunammite’s Land Restored
1Now Elisha had said to the woman jwhose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord khas called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for lseven years.” 2So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.Psalms 105:16
16 When he msummoned a famine on the landand nbroke all supply ▼
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of bread,Psalms 107:34
34 pa fruitful land into a salty waste,because of the evil of its inhabitants.
Jeremiah 14:1
Famine, Sword, and Pestilence
1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning qthe drought:
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