1. Now Elijah the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, I stand before Him, and there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! ”
2. Then a revelation from the Lord came to him:
3. “Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.
4. You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.”
5. So he did what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived by the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.
6. The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
7. After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of the Lord came to him:
9. “Get up, go to Zarephath that belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman who is a widow to provide for you there.”
10. So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow woman gathering wood. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup and let me drink.”
11. As she went to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.”
12. But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I don’t have anything baked — only a handful of flour in the jar and a bit of oil in the jug. Just now, I am gathering a couple of sticks in order to go prepare it for myself and my son so we can eat it and die.”
13. Then Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid; go and do as you have said. But first make me a small loaf from it and bring it out to me. Afterward, you may make some for yourself and your son,