1 Kings 18:45

18:45 Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward ¹  Jezreel.

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ²  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ³  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “rode and went to.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”