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N the days of Ahab, king of Israel, who in his reign of twenty-two years did evil in the sight of the Lord, above all that were before him, came Elijah the prophet, and prophesying against Ahab, in consequence of his most wicked and idolatrous reign, warned him of the evil of his conduct, by shewing him that his wickedness could be followed by nothing but famine, misery, and desolation to his kingdom. Thus in addressing the king, he said, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." (v. 1.) After uttering this prophecy, he was commanded to hide himself by the brook Cherith, for, saith the Lord, "I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there." While there, the ravens brought him bread and flesh both morning and evening, and he drank of the brook. After a while the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land, and the prophet fled to Zarephath, where, during the famine, a widow sustained him by sharing with him her little store of meal and oil. Thus was Elijah preserved. In all Scripture incidents there is, in a spiritual or religious sense, much more involved than