1 Kings 17:17-24

Bible Text

[17] It happened 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. [18] She said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son! [19] He said to her, Give me your son. He took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him on his own bed. [20] He cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son? [21] He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again. [22] Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. [23] Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, Behold, your son lives. [24] The woman said to Elijah, Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of Yahweh in your mouth is truth.

Gilead, east of the Jordan, was Elijah’s homeland, while Sidon and its town Zarephath lay north of Israel in Phoenician territory. Elijah’s presence in Zarephath, during Israel’s drought, highlights God’s provision and mercy extending beyond Israel as he restores the widow’s son.

Places in this passage

1 Kings 17:17-24 mentions Gilead, Jordan, Sidon and Zarephath.

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