1 Reis 17

Elijah Announces Famine

1 Now Elijah  * 17:1 1Kg 17–19; 2Kg 1–2; Mal 4:5; Mt 11:14 the Tishbite, from the Gilead settlers,  * 17:1 LXX reads from Tishbe of Gilead,* 17:1 Jdg 12:4 said to Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel lives,  * 17:1 1Kg 18:10; 22:14 in whose presence I stand, there will be no dew or rain during these years except by my command! "  * 17:1 Dt 11:16–17; Jms 5:17; Rv 11:6