**1** And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” **2** Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, **3** “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. **4** And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.” **5** So he went and did according to the word of the Lord, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. **6** The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. **7** And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.