1Ki 17:1 | ESV | STEP | Now Elijah the Tishbite , of Tishbe in Gilead , said to Ahab , As the Lord , the God of Israel , lives , before whom I stand , there shall be neither dew nor rain these years , except by my word .

c ch. 18:10, 15; 22:14; 2 Kgs. 3:14; 5:16; See Ruth 3:13

‏ 1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^aTishbe ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew of the settlers} in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^c“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^dbefore whom I stand, ^ethere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”