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Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the Lord , the God of Israel, lives - the God I serve - there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”
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Then the Lord said to Elijah,
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“Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook, near where it enters the Jordan River.
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Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food.”
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So Elijah did as the Lord told him and camped beside Kerith Brook, east of the Jordan.
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The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
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But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.