17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

17:2And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,

17:3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:4And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.

17:5So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

17:6And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

17:7And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.