Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^sTishbe¹ in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^t“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^ubefore whom I stand, ^vthere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

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The Lord Condemns Ahab

17 ^zThen the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,