obeys the word of Elijah, and his words come to pass. The narrator establishes the prophet’s words with a technique that is common in Hebrew narrative (see comments on 16:34). He simply repeats Elijah’s dialogue with only minor changes (in this case a change in tense): The jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry (cf. v. 14). To this, the storyteller appends a summary statement, which associates the word of Yahweh with the prophet’s words—in keeping with the word of the Lord