1. Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”
2. Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah:
3. “Leave here, turn east, and hide beside the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.