And 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. (17:1)

And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, (17:2)

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

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

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

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

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