2. Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah:
3. “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan.
4. You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”
5. So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.
6. The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
7. Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of the Lord came to him:
9. “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.”
10. So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?”
11. As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”