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1 Kings 17:1-3
Lexham English Bible

The Prophet Elijah Arises

17 Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe of Gilead said to Ahab, “As Yahweh lives,[a] the God of Israel before whom I stand, there shall surely not be dew nor rain these years except by my command.”[b] 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[c] Kerith which faces the Jordan.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 17:1 Literally “The life of Yahweh”
  2. 1 Kings 17:1 Literally “except at the word of my mouth”
  3. 1 Kings 17:3 A valley that is dry most of the year, but contains a stream during the rainy season
  4. 1 Kings 17:3 Literally “on the face of the Jordan”
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