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.”

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The Lord Condemns Ahab

17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,