...by the brook Cherith, near its confluence with the Jordan. The record is couched in these terms : " Get thee hence and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan : and it shall be that thou 0 Ch. xviii, 10. P Antiq. b. viii, ch. 13, sec. 2. shalt...

...XVII. r A ND Elijah the Tishbite, «Лв J\. was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unió Ahab, As Ibe nto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron,...LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, g 3 Get thee hence, and tum thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that ú before Jordan....

...for the punishment of the guilty king of Israel, commanded Elijah the Tishbite to say unto Ahab, " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years (in Judaa) but according to my wordf" — who, in answer to the prayer of the Prophet, accordingly...

...years, but according to my word. lifw? a'j«m. 2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, T- 17 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook ; and I have commanded the...

...what God revealed, he put unlimited confidence. He said to Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, there shall not be dew nor rain these years ; but according to my word." Here was unmixed, unwavering faith. Had he not enjoved thr w "faith, which is a demonstration of things...

...unto Ahab, the LORD God of Israel livelh, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain ihese 27 ihe brook Cherilh, thai is before Jordan. 4 And it shall be, that tliou shall drink of the brook ....

...to Elijah, is intimated by the expression he employed in foretelling the approaching calamity — As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. This expression leaves no room to doubt that God was pleased, at that very time, to assure the prophet,...

...again, and became as it was before. THE PRAYER OF ELIJAH. 1 KINGS xvii. 1. And Elijah said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years but according to my word. JAMES v. 17. And it rained not by the space of three years and six months. i . • ' JAMES v. 18. And...

...JOHN, ix. 31. 1 See on ACTS, xiv. 15. a 1 KINGS, xvii. 1 : Elijah the Tishbite — said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...not be dew nor rain these years, but according to iny •word. REV. xi. 6 : These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy....

...woman beiieveth him. AND Elijah the Tishbite, who vas of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab. A> the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these yean, but according to my word. 3 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get thee hence,...