1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Confronts Ahab

1 And it came to pass after a many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, present yourself to Ahab, and b I will send rain on the earth."

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 17:1
    And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, " As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.
    Luke 4:25
    But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land.
    James 5:17
    Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:12
    The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
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