ELIJAH ANNOUNCES FAMINE

17 Now Elijahj the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,A,k said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives,l in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command!”m

2 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward, and hiden at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. 4 You are to drink from the wadi. I have commanded the ravenso to provide for you there.”

5 So he proceeded to do what the Lord commanded. Elijah left and lived at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan. 6 The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening,p and he would drink from the wadi. 7 After a while, the wadi dried up because there had been no rain in the land.