17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), 1 there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” 2
18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, 3 “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.” 18:2 So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab.
Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 4
1 tn Heb “before whom I stand.”
2 tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”
3 tn Heb “the word of the
4 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.