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)

And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, [Art] thou that my lord Elijah? (18:7)

And he answered him, I [am]: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah [is here]. (18:8)

And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? (18:9)

[As] the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. (18:10)