1 Kings 17:1-7

A Widow Sustains Elijah

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of ¹^athe settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “^bAs Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, surely ^cthere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 2 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, 3 “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is ¹east of the Jordan. 4 And it will be that you will drink of the brook, and ^aI have commanded the ravens to sustain you there.” 5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is ¹east of the Jordan. 6 And the ravens were bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. 7 Now it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.