5. Elijah obeyed the Lord's command, and went and stayed by the brook of Cherith.
6. He drank water from the brook, and ravens brought him bread and meat every morning and every evening.
7. After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
8. Then the Lord said to Elijah,
9. “Now go to the town of Zarephath, near Sidon, and stay there. I have commanded a widow who lives there to feed you.”
10. So Elijah went to Zarephath, and as he came to the gate of the town, he saw a widow gathering firewood. “Please bring me a drink of water,” he said to her.
11. And as she was going to get it, he called out, “And please bring me some bread, too.”