In Context

5 So he went and did according to the word of Yahweh; for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.

6 The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.

7 It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

8 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

9 |Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you.|

10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, |Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.|

1 Kings 17:8 in Other Translations