11. As she went to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
12. But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked — only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”
13. Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,
14. for this is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘The flour jar will not become empty and the oil jug will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the surface of the land.”
15. So she proceeded to do according to the word of Elijah. Then the woman, Elijah, and her household ate for many days.
16. The flour jar did not become empty, and the oil jug did not run dry, according to the word of the Lord He had spoken through Elijah.
17. After this, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. His illness became very severe until no breath remained in him.
18. She said to Elijah, “Man of God, what do we have in common? Have you come to remind me of my guilt and to kill my son? ”
19. But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, brought him up to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed.
20. Then he cried out to the Lord and said, “My Lord God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow I am staying with by killing her son? ”
21. Then he stretched himself out over the boy three times. He cried out to the Lord and said, “My Lord God, please let this boy’s life return to him! ”