Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 ^qNow ^rElijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe¹ in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

15 And Elijah said, ^z“As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.”

16 But he said, ^u“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.