Elijah · Issue #1 of 7

The Ravens

1 Kings 17:1–7 · World English Bible

1 Kings 17:1

Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab,

As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kings 17:2

Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,

1 Kings 17:3

Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:4

You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”

1 Kings 17:5

So he went and did according to the LORD’s word, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith that is before the Jordan.

1 Kings 17:6

The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.

1 Kings 17:7

After a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

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