## I Kings Chapter 17

###### I Kings 17:1
[I Kings 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:1)

וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י מִתֹּשָׁבֵ֣י גִלְעָד֮ אֶל־אַחְאָב֒ חַי־יְהֹוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָמַ֣דְתִּי לְפָנָ֔יו אִם־יִֽהְיֶ֛ה הַשָּׁנִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה טַ֣ל וּמָטָ֑ר כִּ֖י אִם־לְפִ֥י דְבָרִֽי׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
Eliyahu haTisbli of the inhabitants of Gilad said to Achov, “As Adonoy, God of Yisroel lives, before whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain these years except by my word.”


###### I Kings 17:2
[I Kings 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:2)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֥יו לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,


###### I Kings 17:3
[I Kings 17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:3)

לֵ֣ךְ מִזֶּ֔ה וּפָנִ֥יתָ לְּךָ֖ קֵ֑דְמָה וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ֙ בְּנַ֣חַל כְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide in the valley of Kris, which faces the Yardein.


###### I Kings 17:4
[I Kings 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:4)

וְהָיָ֖ה מֵהַנַּ֣חַל תִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִ֣ים צִוִּ֔יתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ֖ שָֽׁם׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
From the brook you will drink, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”


###### I Kings 17:5
[I Kings 17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:5)

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ וַיַּ֖עַשׂ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּנַ֣חַל כְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He went and did according to the word of Adonoy. He went and dwelled in the valley of Kris which faces the Yardein.


###### I Kings 17:6
[I Kings 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:6)

וְהָעֹרְבִ֗ים מְבִאִ֨ים ל֜וֹ לֶ֤חֶם וּבָשָׂר֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְלֶ֥חֶם וּבָשָׂ֖ר בָּעָ֑רֶב וּמִן־הַנַּ֖חַל יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and bread and meat each evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.


###### I Kings 17:7
[I Kings 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:7)

וַיְהִ֛י מִקֵּ֥ץ יָמִ֖ים וַיִּיבַ֣שׁ הַנָּ֑חַל כִּ֛י לֹא־הָיָ֥ה גֶ֖שֶׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃{ס}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
After a number of days the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.


###### I Kings 17:8
[I Kings 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:8)

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֵלָ֥יו לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,


###### I Kings 17:9
[I Kings 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:9)

ק֣וּם לֵ֤ךְ צָֽרְפַ֙תָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְצִיד֔וֹן וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ שָׁ֑ם הִנֵּ֨ה צִוִּ֥יתִי שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
“Get up, go to Tzorphas, which belongs to Tzidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widowed woman there to feed you.”


###### I Kings 17:10
[I Kings 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:10)

וַיָּ֣קׇם**׀** וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ צָֽרְפַ֗תָה וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח הָעִ֔יר וְהִנֵּה־שָׁ֛ם אִשָּׁ֥ה אַלְמָנָ֖ה מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת עֵצִ֑ים וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר קְחִי־נָ֨א לִ֧י מְעַט־מַ֛יִם בַּכְּלִ֖י וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he got up and went to Tzorphas. He came to the entrance of the city, and behold there was a widowed woman gathering wood. He called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel and I will drink.”


###### I Kings 17:11
[I Kings 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:11)

וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ לָקַ֑חַת וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר לִֽקְחִי־נָ֥א לִ֛י פַּת־לֶ֖חֶם בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
She went to bring it, and he called out to her and said, “Please bring me some bread in your hand.”


###### I Kings 17:12
[I Kings 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:12)

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר חַי־יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִ֣י מָע֔וֹג כִּ֣י אִם־מְלֹ֤א כַף־קֶ֙מַח֙ בַּכַּ֔ד וּמְעַט־שֶׁ֖מֶן בַּצַּפָּ֑חַת וְהִנְנִ֨י מְקֹשֶׁ֜שֶׁת שְׁנַ֣יִם עֵצִ֗ים וּבָ֙אתִי֙ וַעֲשִׂיתִ֙יהוּ֙ לִ֣י וְלִבְנִ֔י וַאֲכַלְנֻ֖הוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And she said, “As Adonoy, your God lives, I have no cake [at all], but [I have] a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. Behold, I am gathering two pieces of wood, and I will go and make it for myself and my son. we will eat it and [then] we will die.”


###### I Kings 17:13
[I Kings 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:13)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֵלִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י בֹּ֖אִי עֲשִׂ֣י כִדְבָרֵ֑ךְ אַ֣ךְ עֲשִׂי־לִֽי־מִ֠שָּׁ֠ם עֻגָ֨ה קְטַנָּ֤ה בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה֙ וְהוֹצֵ֣את לִ֔י וְלָ֣ךְ וְלִבְנֵ֔ךְ תַּעֲשִׂ֖י בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Eliyahu said to her, “Do not fear, go and do as you said, but make for me from there a small cake, first, and bring it out to me, and for yourself and your son, make afterwards.


###### I Kings 17:14
[I Kings 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:14)

כִּ֣י כֹה֩ אָמַ֨ר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּ֤ד הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ לֹ֣א תִכְלָ֔ה וְצַפַּ֥חַת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א תֶחְסָ֑ר עַ֠ד י֧וֹם (תתן) [תֵּת־]יְהֹוָ֛ה גֶּ֖שֶׁם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
For so has said Adonoy, God of Yisroel, ‘the jar of flour will not be finished, and the bottle of oil will not be diminished, until the day that Adonoy gives rain upon the face of the land.’”


###### I Kings 17:15
[I Kings 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:15)

וַתֵּ֥לֶךְ וַֽתַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה כִּדְבַ֣ר אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַתֹּ֧אכַל (הוא והיא) [הִֽיא־וָה֛וּא] וּבֵיתָ֖הּ יָמִֽים׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
She went and did as Eliyohu said, and she and he and her household ate for days.


###### I Kings 17:16
[I Kings 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:16)

כַּ֤ד הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ לֹ֣א כָלָ֔תָה וְצַפַּ֥חַת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א חָסֵ֑ר כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר בְּיַ֥ד אֵֽלִיָּֽהוּ׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
The jar of flour was never finished, and the bottle of oil was never diminished, as the word of Adonoy that He had spoken through Eliyahu.


###### I Kings 17:17
[I Kings 17:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:17)

וַיְהִ֗י אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה חָלָ֕ה בֶּן־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה בַּעֲלַ֣ת הַבָּ֑יִת וַיְהִ֤י חׇלְיוֹ֙ חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֔ד עַ֛ד אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־נֽוֹתְרָה־בּ֖וֹ נְשָׁמָֽה׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
After these things [happened] illness struck the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.


###### I Kings 17:18
[I Kings 17:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:18)

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ מַה־לִּ֥י וָלָ֖ךְ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּ֧אתָ אֵלַ֛י לְהַזְכִּ֥יר אֶת־עֲוֺנִ֖י וּלְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־בְּנִֽי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And she said to Eliyohu, “What have I [to do] with you, man of God. you came to me to cause my sins to be remembered, and to kill my son.”


###### I Kings 17:19
[I Kings 17:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:19)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלֶ֖יהָ תְּנִי־לִ֣י אֶת־בְּנֵ֑ךְ וַיִּקָּחֵ֣הוּ מֵחֵיקָ֗הּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב שָׁ֔ם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵ֖הוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And he said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him from her bosom and brought him up to the attic where he lived, and he laid him on his bed.


###### I Kings 17:20
[I Kings 17:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:20)

וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י הֲ֠גַ֠ם עַֽל־הָאַלְמָנָ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֨י מִתְגּוֹרֵ֥ר עִמָּ֛הּ הֲרֵע֖וֹתָ לְהָמִ֥ית אֶת־בְּנָֽהּ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, also on the widow with whom I am dwelling have you done evil to kill her son.”


###### I Kings 17:21
[I Kings 17:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:21)

וַיִּתְמֹדֵ֤ד עַל־הַיֶּ֙לֶד֙ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ פְּעָמִ֔ים וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֔י תָּ֥שׇׁב נָ֛א נֶפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֥לֶד הַזֶּ֖ה עַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
He spread himself out on the boy three times, and cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, please restore the soul of this child within him.”


###### I Kings 17:22
[I Kings 17:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:22)

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּק֣וֹל אֵלִיָּ֑הוּ וַתָּ֧שׇׁב נֶפֶשׁ־הַיֶּ֛לֶד עַל־קִרְבּ֖וֹ וַיֶּֽחִי׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Adonoy listened to the voice of Eliyohu, and the soul of the child was restored within him and he lived.


###### I Kings 17:23
[I Kings 17:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:23)

וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָֽעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ֖י חַ֥י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And Eliyahu took the child and brought him down from from the attic to the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, “See, your son is alive.”


###### I Kings 17:24
[I Kings 17:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/I%20Kings/r/17:24)

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֶל־אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ עַתָּה֙ זֶ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֑תָּה וּדְבַר־יְהֹוָ֥ה בְּפִ֖יךָ אֱמֶֽת׃{פ}

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
And the woman said to Eliyahu “Now I know this, that you are indeed a man of God, and the word of Adonoy [that is] in your mouth, is true.