^{1 Ref} And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

^{2 Ref} And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

^{3 Ref} Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

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

^{5 Ref} So he went and did according unto the word of Jehovah; for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

^{6 Ref} And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

^{7 Ref} And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

^{8 Ref} And the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying,

^{9 Ref} Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain thee.

^{10 Ref} So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.

^{11 Ref} And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

^{12 Ref} And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.

^{13 Ref} And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son.

^{14 Ref} For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth.

^{15 Ref} And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat `many' days.

^{16 Ref} The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.