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...CHAPTER XVII. 1. AND Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unlo Ahab, Jls the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...according to my word. 2. And the. word of the LORD cams unto him, say <ng, 3. Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith,...

...(jilead, said unto Ahab, • As- the Petfet- l2- LORD God of Israel liveth, « before whom I stand, d there shall not be dew nor rain • these years, -but...the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, 3 Get theè hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan....

...1 KINGS 17: 1. And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Qilead, said unto Ahab, ,-if the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. — 8. And the word of the LORD came unto him saying, arise, get thee to Zarepbath, which beloHgeth...

...service. The first word, that we hear from Elijah, is an oath, and a threat to Ahab, to Israel ; As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. He comes in like a tempest, who went out in a whirlwind. Doubtless, he had spoken fair and peaceable...

...plagues as often as they will." Allusion is here made to the prophet Elijah, who said unto Ahab, " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years but according to my word." 1 Kings xvii. 1 . Accordingly we are told by our Saviour that in the days of Elijah " the heaven was...

...service. The first word, that we hear from Elijah, is an oath, and a threat to Ahab, to Israel ; As thr Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. He comes in like a tempest, who went out in a whirlwind. Doubtless, he had spoken fair and peaceable...

...thee. 1 KINGS 17: 1. And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, Jls the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand; there shall not be dew nor rain these years, hut according to my word. — 8. And the word of the LORD came unto him saying, arise, get thee to...

...to the service of the living God. In order to give them a sign of his Divine mission, he said, " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word," 1 Kings xvii. 1 ; and it rained not three years and six months. And when the people, alarmed by this...

...and the miracles wrought by the prophets. Thus Elijah the Tishbite said to the idolatrous Ahab, " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." (1 King* xvii. 1.) And again, the same prophet, when there was no indication of change in the heavens,...