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1 Kings 17:1

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Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, 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 in other translations

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

1 Kings 17:1 · American Standard Version

1 Kings 17:1 in context

  1. 1Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.”
  2. 2Then Yahweh’s word came to him, saying,
  3. 3“Go away from here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before the Jordan.