1. Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”
2. Then the word of Adonai came to him saying:
3. “Leave this place, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan.
4. It will come about that you will drink from the wadi. I have also commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
5. So he went and did according to the word of Adonai—he went and lived by the Wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.
6. The ravens kept bringing him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.
7. Then it came to pass after a while that the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
8. Then the word of Adonai came to him saying:
9. “Arise, go to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there. I have just commanded a widow there to provide for you.”
10. So he arose and went to Zarephath. Now when he came to the town gate, to his surprise, a widow was there gathering sticks. So he called her and said, “Please bring a little water in a jar that I may drink.”
11. As she was going to fetch it, he called her and said, “Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand.”
12. So she said, “As Adonai your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. Now look, I am gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
13. Elijah said to her, “Fear not! Go and do as you said, but first make me a little cake from what you have there. Bring it out to me and afterwards, make some for you and for your son.