DAVID AND ARAUNAH.
ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS.
Ahab was a very wicked king, more wicked than any that came before him. He took a wife who worshiped idols and built an altar to a heathen god and worshiped this god. So God sent Elijah to Ahab to say to him: “As the Lord of Israel liveth there shall not be dew nor rain these years.” Ahab was so angry at Elijah that he had to flee and hide himself by the brook Cherith near the river Jordan. The brook gave him all the water he needed, but there was no food there. But God would not let his prophet starve. He sent ravens to feed him. These ravens brought him bread and meat twice every day; in the morning and in the evening.
ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS.
ELIJAH AND ELISHA.
One day Elijah was traveling through the land, when he saw twelve men ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen. One of these men was Elisha. When Elijah saw Elisha, he knew that he was the man God wished him to take for a servant. So Elijah threw his coat on Elisha as he went by. Then Elisha ran after Elijah and said: “Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and mother and then I will follow thee.” He killed a yoke of oxen and made a feast. Then he said good-by to his father and mother and went away with Elijah. Afterward God took Elijah up to Heaven in a chariot of fire. Elisha was with him at the time.