⁴⁵ After a short time the sky ·was covered with dark [grew black with] clouds. The wind began to blow, and soon a ·heavy [torrential] rain began to fall [^Cshowing that it was the Lord, not Baal, that supplied the rain]. Ahab got in his chariot and started back to Jezreel. ⁴⁶ ·The Lord gave his power to [^LThe hand of the Lord was on] Elijah, who ·tightened his clothes around him [^Tgirded up his loins] and ·ran ahead of King [outran] Ahab all the way to Jezreel.