Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
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1 Kings 17:1–4
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Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
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Then the LORD’s word came to him, saying,
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“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.
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You shall drink from the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
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