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Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of ^(F1)(C1)the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "^(C2)As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, ^(C3)there shall certainly be neither dew nor rain during these years, except by my word."

Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

"Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is ^(F1)east of the Jordan.

"And it shall be that you will drink from the brook, and ^(C1)I have commanded the ravens to provide food for you there."

So he went and did everything according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is ^(F1)east of the Jordan.

And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.

But it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.