1. Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
2. And the word of the Lord came to him:
3. “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
4. You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”