1 Then Elijah, the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Leave this place and turn to the east and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan, 4 and thou shalt drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. 5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank from the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while that the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.