1. Elijah was a prophet from the town of Tishbe in Gilead. He said to King Ahab, “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel. By his power, I promise that no dew or rain will fall for the next few years. The rain will fall only when I command it to fall.”
2. Then the Lord said to Elijah,
3. “Leave this place and go east. Hide near Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan River.