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Elijah Prophesies Drought to Ahab
1 Kings 17:1
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And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, `Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'
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And the word of Jehovah is unto him, saying,
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`Go from this place ; and thou hast turned for thee eastward, and been hidden by the brook Cherith, that is on the front of the Jordan,
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and it hath been, from the brook thou dost drink, and the ravens I have commanded to sustain thee there.'
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