The prophet Elijah told king Ahab that Israel was to be punished for its idolatry by a severe prolonged drought. However God told Elijah to go to the Kerith Brook where he could drink from the brook and be fed with bread and meat morning and evening by ravens. When the brook eventually dried up God told Elijah to go to Zaraphath where he had commanded a widow to feed him. When Elijah met the widow it was clear that the widow was not aware of God's command, but she trusted Elijah's instructions and believed in his promise that if she made him food her flour and oil would not run out until the rains returned and that therefore the widow, her family and Elijah would be sustained. However after some time the widow's son died which naturally left the widow terribly distraught and she pointed the finger at Elijah. So Elijah took the boy and stretched himself out on him 3 times and cried to the Lord beseeching his resurrection. He then returned him to his mother live and well which obviously confirmed to her that Elijah was a man of God.
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