The Prophet Elijah Arises

17 Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, “As Yahweh lives,^[a] the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years except by my command.”^{[b] 2} Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, ³ “Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi^[c] Kerith which faces the Jordan.^{[d] 4} It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi,^[e] and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there.” ⁵ So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi^[f] Kerith which faces the Jordan.^{[g] 6} The crows were bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.^{[h] 7} It happened after a while^[i] that the wadi^[j] dried up, because there was no rain in the land.