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

Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying, “Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” So he went and did according to Yahweh’s word; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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Elijah Calls for a Drought

17 Elijah the foreigner,[a] who was an alien resident from Gilead, told Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, in whose presence I’m standing, there will be neither dew nor rain these next several years, except when I say so.”

Later, this message came to him from the Lord: “Leave here and go into hiding at the Wadi[b] Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River.[c] You will be able to drink from that brook, and I’ve commanded some crows to sustain you there.”

So Elijah[d] left and did exactly what the Lord had told him to do—he went to live near the Wadi[e] Cherith, where it enters the Jordan River. Crows would bring him bread and meat both in the morning and in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. But after a while,[f] the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Lit. Tishbite; or sojourner
  2. 1 Kings 17:3 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  3. 1 Kings 17:3 The Heb. lacks River; and so throughout the chapter
  4. 1 Kings 17:5 Lit. he
  5. 1 Kings 17:5 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  6. 1 Kings 17:7 Lit. But at the end of days