Elijah delivers a message from God to King Ahab that there will be no rain. God tells Elijah to hide from Ahab in the Kerith ravine, where ravens bring Elijah food each day. After many months, the brook in the ravine dries up, so God tells Elijah to travel to Zarephath, where He has commanded a widow to supply Elijah with food. Elijah makes the journey to Zarephath, tired and hungry after surviving on the food brought by ravens during his time in the ravine.

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1 Kings
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The prophet Elijah from
Tishbe in Gilead gives King
Ahab God’s message that
there will be no more dew or
rain until he says so.

3. God tells Elijah to travel east
and hide in the Kerith ravine
east of the River Jordan so
that King Ahab cannot find
him.

4. Elijah sets off for his hiding
place.

5. This map shows Elijah’s
home town of Tishbe,
Samaria where King Ahab
had his palace and the most
likely location of Brook
Kerith which ran through
desolate ravine

6. No one lived or travelled
near the Keith ravine. It was
a lonely, hot and deserted
place.

7. God had promised Elijah
that ravens would bring him
food. Ravens are very selfish
birds. Would they share their
food?

8. He drank fresh water from
the brook that flowed
through the ravine.

9. And morning and evening
ravens brought him bread
and meat - just as God had
promised.

10. For many months Elijah
survived on water from the
brook.

11. Each morning and evening
he ate meat and bread flown
in by the ravens.

12. During this time not a drop
of rain fell and there was
no early morning dew. King
Ahab searched everywhere
for Elijah but could not
find him. Plants, crops and
animals started dying of
thirst.

13. Then one day the Brook
Kerith dried up. Elijah had no
more water to drink.

14. God told Elijah to leave the
ravine and travel north to
a town called Zarephath in
the country of Phoenicia.
God explained He had
commanded a widow there
to supply him with food.

15. Elijah made his way out
of the ravine and started
travelling north.

16. This map shows the location
of Zarephath in Phoenicia, a
country north of Israel and a
route Elijah could have taken
to avoid being spotted by
those searching for him.

17. The journey took him out of
the ravine ...

18. When we place our faith and totally depend
on Jehovah God he will always reward you !
... and on towards the land
no matter how hard his command may seems
of Phoenicia. He was very
tired, thirsty and hungry.

19. God had fed him using
ravens - now he headed for
the town of Zarephath to
find the widow God had told
him would give him food
and drink.