LEB(i)
1 Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, "⌊As Yahweh lives⌋,* the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years ⌊except by my command⌋."*
2 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
3 "Go from this place and turn to the east; you must hide yourself in the Wadi* Kerith ⌊which faces the Jordan⌋.*
4 It shall be that you shall drink from the wadi,* and I have commanded the crows to sustain you there."
5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh. He went and stayed in the Wadi* Kerith ⌊which faces the Jordan⌋.*
6 The crows were bringing bread and meat in the morning for him and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the wadi.*
7 It happened ⌊after a while⌋* that the wadi* dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
8 Then the word of Yahweh came to him, saying,
9 "Get up and go to Zarephath which belongs to Sidon and stay there. Look, I have commanded a woman there, a widow, to sustain you."
10 So he arose and went to Zarephath and came to the gate of the city. There was a widow woman gathering wood, so he called to her, and he said, "Please bring a little water for me in a vessel so that I can drink."
11 She went to fetch it, and he called to her and said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."
12 She said, "⌊As Yahweh your God lives⌋,* surely I do not have a cake, ⌊but only a handful of flour⌋* in the jar and a little olive oil in the jug. Here I am gathering a few pieces of wood, and I will go and prepare it for me and my son, that we might eat it and die."