16 But he said, ^b“As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, ^cI will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

Elijah Predicts a Drought

1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, of ^sTishbe¹ in Gilead, said to Ahab, ^t“As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, ^ubefore whom I stand, ^vthere shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”