There is no need to look for a site outside Ahab’s jurisdiction east of Jordan (as does Eusebius, Onomasticon 174). 4–6. Our obedience is an essential aspect of God’s protecting grace. The means God uses may be varied. Some object to the reading ravens (‘ōrĕbîm), which, even if it could be proven to be the modern name for the black arabs (‘ǎrābîm—same consonants) east of Jordan, is taken by others as an ‘unnecessary rationalisation’.24 The bringing of ‘meat’ would be a luxury and the provision of