1. Elijah was a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead. One day he went to King Ahab and said, “I'm a servant of the living Lord, the God of Israel. And I swear in his name that it won't rain until I say so. There won't even be any dew on the ground.”
2. Later, the Lord said to Elijah,
3. “Leave and go across the River Jordan so you can hide near Cherith Brook.
4. You can drink water from the brook, and eat the food I've told the ravens to bring you.”