1. Elijah from Tishbe, who was one of the settlers in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the Lord lives, Israel’s God, the one I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain these years unless I say so."
2. Then the Lord’s word came to Elijah:
3. Go from here and turn east. Hide by the Cherith Brook that faces the Jordan River.
4. You can drink from the brook. I have also ordered the ravens to provide for you there.