1 Kings 17

¹Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”

²Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,

³“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

⁴You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

⁵So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

⁶The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

⁷After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

⁸The LORD’s word came to him, saying,

⁹“Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.”

¹⁰So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and said, “Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink.”

¹¹As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”

¹²She said, “As the LORD your God lives, I don’t have anything baked, but only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jar. Behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.”