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1 Kings 17 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbæ of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, [fn]there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the [fn]word of my mouth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:2 - And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:3 - Depart hence eastward, and hide thee [fn]by the brook of Chorrath, that is before Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:4 - And it shall be that thou shalt drink water of the brook, and I will charge the ravens to feed thee there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:5 - And Eliu did according to the word of the Lord, and he sat by the brook of Chorrath before Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:6 - And the ravens brought him loaves in the morning, and flesh in the evening, and he drank water of the brook.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:7 - And it came to pass after [fn]some time, that the brook was dried up, because there had been no rain upon the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:8 - And the word of the Lord came to Eliu, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:9 - Arise, and go to Sarepta of the Sidonian land: behold, I have there commanded a widow-woman to maintain thee.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:10 - And 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, [fn]Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, [fn]that I may drink.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:11 - And she went to fetch it; and Eliu cried after her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of the bread that is in thy hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:12 - And the woman said, As the Lord thy 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - And Eliu said to her, Be of good courage, go in and do according to thy word: but make me thereof a little cake, and thou shalt bring it out to me first, and thou shalt make some for thyself and thy children last.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not [fn]diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:15 - And the woman went and did so, and did eat, she, and he, and her children.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:16 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:18 - And she said to Eliu, What have I to do with thee, O man of God? hast thou come in to me to bring my sins to remembrance, and to slay my son?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:19 - And Eliu said to the woman, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and took him up to the chamber in which he himself lodged, and [fn]laid him on the bed.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:20 - And Eliu cried aloud, and said, Alas, O Lord, the witness of the widow with whom I sojourn, thou hast wrought evil for her in slaying her son.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he breathed on the child thrice, and called on the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, let, I pray thee, the soul of this child return to him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:22 - And it was so, and the child cried out,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:23 - and he brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliu said, See, thy son lives.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:24 - And the woman said to Eliu, Behold, I know that thou art a man of God, and the word of the Lord in thy mouth is true.
BES Footnotes
Gr. if there shall be, etc.
Gr. mouth of my word.
Gr. in.
Gr. days.
Gr. take etc. into.
Gr. and I will etc.
Or, be diminished, or fail of, etc.
Gr. caused him to sleep.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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