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1 Kings 17:1
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1 Kings 17:1
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17 1 Elijah forewarneth of the famine to come. 4 He is fed of Ravens. 9 He is sent to Zarephath, where he restoreth his hostess’s son to life.
1 And Elijah the Tishbite one of the inhabitants of Gilead said unto Ahab, (A)As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I [a]stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, but [b]according to my word.
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- 1 Kings 17:1 That is, whom I serve.
- 1 Kings 17:1 But as I shall declare it by God’s revelation.
1 Kings 17:1
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1 Kings 17:1
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Elijah Announces a Great Drought
17 Now Elijah(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead,(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain(C) in the next few years except at my word.”
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- 1 Kings 17:1 Or Tishbite, of the settlers
1 Kings 18:45
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1 Kings 18:45
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45 And [a]in the meanwhile the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Then Ahab went up, and came to Jezreel,
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- 1 Kings 18:45 Or, here and there.
1 Kings 18:45
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1 Kings 18:45
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45 Meanwhile, the sky grew black with clouds, the wind rose, a heavy rain(A) started falling and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.(B)
Luke 4:25
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Luke 4:25
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25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of (A)Elijah, when heaven was shut three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the [a]land:
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- Luke 4:25 Land of Israel, see Mark 15:38.
Luke 4:25
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Luke 4:25
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25 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land.(A)
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