1. Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, “As Yahweh lives, the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years except by my command.”
2. Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
3. “Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi Kerith which faces the Jordan.
4. It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there.”
5. So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi Kerith which faces the Jordan.
6. The crows were bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
7. It happened after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
9. “Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you.”
10. So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There was a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, “Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink.”