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1 Kings 17:1-3
New Catholic Bible
1 Kings 17:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Stories of Elijah and Ahab
Chapter 17
Elijah Predicts a Drought.[a] 1 Now Elijah the Tishbite from Tishbe in Gilead said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years except at my word.”
2 Then the word of the Lord came to him saying, 3 “Go forth from here and go eastward to the Wadi Kerith near the Jordan and hide there.
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- 1 Kings 17:1 The name “Elijah” means “The Lord is my God” and really suits him: in the midst of a people who prostrate themselves before idols, the prophet is a champion of the living God. Elijah confronted Ahab by predicting the long drought that would not be remedied by worshiping Baal, but only through the power of the true God.
