16. The jar of flour wasn't used up. The jug always had oil in it. That's what the Lord had said would happen. He had spoken that message through Elijah.
17. Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. He got worse and worse. Finally he stopped breathing.
18. The woman said to Elijah, "You are a man of God. What do you have against me? Did you come to bring my sin out into the open? Did you come to kill my son?"
19. "Give me your son," Elijah replied. He took him from her arms. He carried him to the upstairs room where he was staying. He put him down on his bed.
20. Then Elijah cried out to the Lord. He said, "Lord my God, I'm staying with this widow. Have you brought pain and sorrow to her? Have you caused her son to die?"
21. Then he lay down on the boy three times. He cried out to the Lord. He said, "Lord my God, give this boy's life back to him!"
22. The Lord answered Elijah's prayer. He gave the boy's life back to him. So the boy lived.
23. Elijah picked up the boy. He carried him down from the upstairs room into the house. He gave him to his mother. He said, "Look! Your son is alive!"