1 Kings 17:1-9 ▼

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”

2 Then the word of the LORD came to him:

3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

4 You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”

5 So he proceeded to do what the LORD commanded. Elijah left and lived at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

6 The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the wadi.

7 After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

8 Then the word of the LORD came to him:

9 “Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”