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.”

14 And Elisha said, ^m“As the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I have regard for Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you.