1. A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, “In the name of the Lord, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so.”
2. Then the Lord said to Elijah,
3. “Leave this place and go east and hide yourself near the brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.