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Elijah was aa man with a nature like ours, and bhe prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for cthree years and six months.
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1 Kings 17:1, 1 Kings 18:1
1 Kings 17
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Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of athe settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "bAs the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely cthere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word."
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."