BRAGADAYJAH 1039

BRAGADATYJAH 1039

Elijah Flees from Ahab.

At that time Elijah the Tishbite, who was a man of Gilead, told Ahab, that as the Lord before whom he stood lives, there shall be neither rain nor dew according to his word. And having spoken thus to Ahab, the Lord told Elijah to leave and go Eastwards and hide himself by the brook Cherith that is near Jordan. The Lord told him also that he should drink water from the brook and that He had commanded a raven to feed him while he was there. So Elijah went and did according to the Lord had advised him, and dwelt by the brook Cherith by the Jordan. And the ravens brought him bread and fish in the morning and bread and fish in the evening; and he drank water from the brook. And it came to pass that after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. And the word of the Lord came to Elijah again and told him to move on, and get himself to Zarephath which is in Zidon and to remain there, where he had instructed a widow woman, to sustain him. And so he rose up and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the city gate he saw a widow woman gathering sticks; and he called to her and asked her to fetch him a little water that he may drink; and as she was going to fetch the water, he asked her to fetch him also a morsel of bread in her hand.

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