Elijah and the Drought - A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, “In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I
Elijah and the Prophets of Baal - After some time, in the third year of the drought, the LORD said to Elijah, “Go and present yourself to King Ahab,
Meanwhile, the little cloud grew bigger and bigger and the sky got darker and darker. The wind started to blow and it began to pour and pour and pour... and the drought was over.Printable version of this storyWANT MORE? Build motor skills, lengthen attention span and spark your little ...
Elijah was a man of like nature to us, and with fervent prayer he prayed for it not to rain, and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months.King James BibleElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it...
The drought continued, and at last the full horrors of famine, caused by the failure of the crops, descended on Samaria. During this time the prophet was called upon passively to suffer God's will; now he must once again resume the more active duties of life; he must make one great pu...
Elijah spoke to the crowd: How long will you go back and forth trying to decide who is the real God? 以利亚对众人说, 你们心持两意要到几时呢? If the Lord is God, follow Him; if Baal is god, follow him. 若耶和华是神, 就当顺从耶和华.若巴力是神, 就当顺从巴力。
Ahab's accusation of Elijah as the "troubler of Israel" is ironic. In Ahab's view, Elijah is responsible for the drought and the resulting hardships. However, from a biblical perspective, it is Ahab's idolatry and disobedience to God that have brought trouble upon Israel (1 Kings 16:30...
Too bad about all the other people affected by the drought, including a widow and her son. The boy dies, but Elijah brings him back in a rather odd ceremony: 17:17And it came to pass after these things, thatthe son of the woman, the mistress of the house,fell sick; and his sickne...
1. The Judgment of Drought: Whether Elijah was already a familiar figure at the court of Ahab, the narrative beginning with1Ki 17:1does not state. His garb and manner identified him as a prophet, in any case (2Ki 1:8; compareZec 13:4). Elijah declared in few words that Yahweh, tr...
24 “Now I know that you really are a man of God,” the woman said to Elijah, “and that the Lord’s word is truly in your mouth.”1 Kings 17 New International Version Elijah Announces a Great Drought 17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As ...