1 Kings 17:1 to 24 tells of Elijah in a time without rain. He drinks at a brook where food is brought to him, then meets a widow in Zarephath whose jar of meal does not run out, and later her son becomes sick. Read the story in short sentences, then the real verse.
16 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
year
a time of twelve months
noun
word
what someone says: the LORD’s word; also a unit of language
noun
jar
a round pot for keeping water, meal or oil
noun
stand
to be on your feet; to be in front of someone
verb
nor
and not; it adds a second thing after “no”
conjunction
turn
to change the direction that you face or go
verb
command
to tell someone what they must do
verb
drink
to take a liquid into your body through the mouth
verb
get
to go and bring something to someone: get water means bring water
verb
only
and no one or nothing else; no more than that
adverb
afraid
feeling fear
adjective
become
to start to be
verb
set
to put in a place
verb
let
to allow; in a prayer it asks that something may happen
verb
again
one more time
adverb
live
to be alive; to have your home somewhere
verb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
Elijah tells Ahab there will be no dew nor rain, then drinks at the brook while ravens bring him food.
In Zarephath a widow has only meal and a little oil, but the jar of meal does not run out.
The widow’s son becomes sick until no breath is left in him, and Elijah carries him up to his room.
Elijah cries to the LORD, the child revives, and Elijah gives him to his mother, who speaks to Elijah.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
1 Kings 17:16 · WEB
The jar of meal didn’t run out and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to the LORD’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
Which god did Israel begin to worship under Ahab? The Tyndale Open Study Notes profile of Elijah says that, under Ahab and Jezebel, Israel began worshiping Baal, a Canaanite fertility god of storm and rain.
Source: Tyndale Open Study Notes · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
1 Kings 17:1 to 24, in the World English Bible.
He says that there will be no dew nor rain these years, but according to his word (1 Kings 17:1).
The ravens bring him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening (1 Kings 17:6).
Only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar (1 Kings 17:12).
He tells her not to be afraid (1 Kings 17:13).
She tells Elijah that now she knows he is a man of God, and that the LORD’s word in his mouth is truth (1 Kings 17:24).
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More stories from the Old Testament course, in order.
Story 131 Kings 18
Two altars on a mountain: 1 Kings 18 in simple English.
Story 142 Kings 2
A road, a river and a chariot of fire: 2 Kings 2 in simple English.
Story 152 Kings 4
A room on the roof, a promised son and the words It is well: 2 Kings 4 in simple English.
22 sentences in simple English, with audio. The first lesson of the course needs no sign-up and no card.
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