...chapter, which begins his history, that, when he had, according to the word of the Lord, declared, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word, he went, according to the command, and hid himself by the brook Cherith, and was fed by ravens morning...

...the days of Elijah, suspended for three years and six months. But when the prophet said to Ahab, " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word ;"h lie could not mean, there shall be no rain at all for three years ; for long before their termination,...

...as God's prophet to reprove Ahab, and to deliver to him the message of God's judgment as follows : " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." Then to preserve him from the wrath of the angry king and queen, God said to Elijah, " Get thee hence,...

...the 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...

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...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...

...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...

...given 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,...