Bible Cross References
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Luke 4:25
Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
James 5:17
Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.
Revelation 11:2
But do not measure the outer courts, because they have been given to the heathen, who will trample on the Holy City for forty-two months.
Revelation 11:6
They have authority to shut up the sky so that there will be no rain during the time they proclaim God's message. They have authority also over the springs of water, to turn them into blood; they have authority also to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
in the third year
1 Kings 17:1
A prophet named Elijah, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to King Ahab, "In the name of the LORD, the living God of Israel, whom I serve, I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years until I say so."
1 Kings 17:7
After a while the brook dried up because of the lack of rain.
1 Kings 17:15
The widow went and did as Elijah had told her, and all of them had enough food for many days.
Luke 4:25
Listen to me: it is true that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when there was no rain for three and a half years and a severe famine spread throughout the whole land.
James 5:17
Elijah was the same kind of person as we are. He prayed earnestly that there would be no rain, and no rain fell on the land for three and a half years.
Go
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,
1 Kings 18:15-40
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Elijah answered, "By the living LORD Almighty, whom I serve, I promise that I will present myself to the king today."
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So Obadiah went to King Ahab and told him, and Ahab set off to meet Elijah.
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When Ahab saw him, he said, "So there you are---the worst troublemaker in Israel!"
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"I'm not the troublemaker," Elijah answered. "You are---you and your father. You are disobeying the LORD's commands and worshiping the idols of Baal.
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Now order all the people of Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel. Bring along the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of the goddess Asherah who are supported by Queen Jezebel."
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So Ahab summoned all the Israelites and the prophets of Baal to meet at Mount Carmel.
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Elijah went up to the people and said, "How much longer will it take you to make up your minds? If the LORD is God, worship him; but if Baal is God, worship him!" But the people didn't say a word.
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Then Elijah said, "I am the only prophet of the LORD still left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.
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Bring two bulls; let the prophets of Baal take one, kill it, cut it in pieces, and put it on the wood---but don't light the fire. I will do the same with the other bull.
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Then let the prophets of Baal pray to their god, and I will pray to the LORD, and the one who answers by sending fire---he is God." The people shouted their approval.
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Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Since there are so many of you, you take a bull and prepare it first. Pray to your god, but don't set fire to the wood."
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They took the bull that was brought to them, prepared it, and prayed to Baal until noon. They shouted, "Answer us, Baal!" and kept dancing around the altar they had built. But no answer came.
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At noon Elijah started making fun of them: "Pray louder! He is a god! Maybe he is day-dreaming or relieving himself, or perhaps he's gone off on a trip! Or maybe he's sleeping, and you've got to wake him up!"
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So the prophets prayed louder and cut themselves with knives and daggers, according to their ritual, until blood flowed.
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They kept on ranting and raving until the middle of the afternoon; but no answer came, not a sound was heard.
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Then Elijah said to the people, "Come closer to me," and they all gathered around him. He set about repairing the altar of the LORD which had been torn down.
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He took twelve stones, one for each of the twelve tribes named for the sons of Jacob, the man to whom the LORD had given the name Israel.
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With these stones he rebuilt the altar for the worship of the LORD. He dug a trench around it, large enough to hold about four gallons of water.
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Then he placed the wood on the altar, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the offering and the wood." They did so,
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and he said, "Do it again"---and they did. "Do it once more," he said---and they did.
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The water ran down around the altar and filled the trench.
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At the hour of the afternoon sacrifice the prophet Elijah approached the altar and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove now that you are the God of Israel and that I am your servant and have done all this at your command.
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Answer me, LORD, answer me, so that this people will know that you, the LORD, are God and that you are bringing them back to yourself."
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The LORD sent fire down, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, scorched the earth and dried up the water in the trench.
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When the people saw this, they threw themselves on the ground and exclaimed, "The LORD is God; the LORD alone is God!"
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Elijah ordered, "Seize the prophets of Baal; don't let any of them get away!" The people seized them all, and Elijah led them down to Kishon Brook and killed them.
I will send rain
Leviticus 26:4
I will send you rain at the right time, so that the land will produce crops and the trees will bear fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:12
He will send rain in season from his rich storehouse in the sky and bless all your work, so that you will lend to many nations, but you will not have to borrow from any.
Psalm 65:9-13
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You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:
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you send abundant rain on the plowed fields and soak them with water; you soften the soil with showers and cause the young plants to grow.
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What a rich harvest your goodness provides! Wherever you go there is plenty.
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The pastures are filled with flocks; the hillsides are full of joy.
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The fields are covered with sheep; the valleys are full of wheat. Everything shouts and sings for joy.
Isaiah 5:6
I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."
Jeremiah 10:13
At his command the waters above the sky roar; he brings clouds from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning flash in the rain and sends the wind from his storeroom.
Jeremiah 14:22
None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O LORD our God, because you are the one who does these things.
Joel 2:23
"Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.
Amos 4:7
I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.