The details:
1.Elijah the Tishbite tells Ahab that there will be no rain
2.Hides by the brook Cherith and is fed by ravens
3.Brook dries up, Elijah goes to Zarephath
4.God tells Elijah a widow woman will sustain him
5.Elijah meets the woman gathering sticks at the gates of the city
6.He asks the woman to bring him water to drink in a vessel
7.Calls to her and asks for a morsel of bread
8.She tells him she has no cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse
9.She is gathering sticks to prepare food for her and her son, they will eat and die
10.Elijah tells her to fear not, make a cake for him, then make cakes for her and her son
11.“The barrel shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail” until the Lord sends rain
12.She does as Elijah commands, she and her son eat many days – the barrel is not wasted, the cruse of oil does not fail
13.The son falls sick, and has no breath
14.Woman tells Elijah
15.Elijah carries the boy to a loft and a bed, stretches out upon him three times
16.Cries to the Lord, the soul of the child is restored
17.He delivers the boy to his mother
18.The mother knows that Elijah is a man of God and that the word of the Lord in his mouth is truth
The verse:
Elijah the Tishbite spoke real plain
And he told Ahab there would be no rain
As the water dried up on the land outside
By the brook Cherith he did live and hide
He didn't have to worry 'bout the food he'd bite
Ravens brought him food in the morning and the night
Then the brook dried up and he made his path
To a town he went called by Zarephath
Then the Lord called Elijah and he did explain
How a widow there his life would sustain
Then he saw her there, and his eyes did fix
She was reaching down, picking up some sticks
As he watched her work he began to think
Then he asked the maid to bring him a drink
Then he asked again for a bit of bread
Just a morsel would do, is what Elijah said.
Then the maid stated back, though she didn't refuse
She had a handful of meal and some oil in a cruse
With the sticks she had and her skill applied
She made food for her and son, then they both would die
'Li jah told her fear not, but to make him one
Then make two cakes more for herself and son
“The barrel won't waste, and the cruse won't fail
Till the rain comes down and the land assail.”
Well she did the things she was told to do
And she ate many days, and her son did too
Each day she went to the barrel with care
Finding more and more meal stored inside of there
Then went to the cruse where the oil had been
And found the supply didn't have an end
But her boy fell sick and he had no breath
And the illness that he had must have caused his death
So the woman told Elijah that the boy was dead
And the prophet took the boy and laid him on his bed
He stretched on the boy and he cried to the Lord
He prayed for the boy and his soul restored
Then he took the boy who was now alive
To the woman overjoyed that the boy did thrive
Her work for the prophet of the Lord did pay
Such a great reward for her son that day
She testified in a voice so broad
That Elijah was holy and a man of God
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