15 So she went, and did as Elijah said, and she did eat: so did he and her house [a]for a certain time.

16 The barrel of the meal wasted not, nor the oil was spent out of the cruse, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of Elijah.

17 ¶ And after these things, the son of the wife of the house fell sick, and his sickness was so sore, [b]that there was no [c]breath left in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:15 That is, till he had rain and food on the earth.
  2. 1 Kings 17:17 Or, that he died.
  3. 1 Kings 17:17 God would try whether she had learned by his merciful providence to make him her only stay and comfort.

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