1 Kings 17:1-7

New English Translation

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve),^[a] there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.”^{[b] 2} The Lord’s message came to him: ³ “Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. ⁴ Drink from the stream; I have already told^[c] the ravens to bring you food^[d] there.” ⁵ So he carried out^[e] the Lord’s message; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. ⁶ The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream.

⁷ After a while,^[f] the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land.