1 Kings 8:36 References
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then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, aindeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And bsend rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance.
b 1 Kings 18:1, 1 Kings 18:41-45, Jeremiah 14:22
1 Kings 18
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Now it happened aafter many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and bI will send rain on the face of the earth."
1 Kings 18
41
Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower."
42
So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of aCarmel; and he bcrouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
43
He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go back" seven times.
44
It came about at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, aa cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'"
45
In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to aJezreel.