1 Kings 18:44

World English Bible (2000)

It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

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Referenced Verses

  • Luke 12:54 : 54 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
  • 1 Sam 6:7 : 7 "Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
  • 1 Sam 6:10 : 10 The men did so, and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
  • Job 8:7 : 7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase.
  • Mic 1:13 : 13 Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; For the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
  • Zech 4:10 : 10 Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."

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    41 Elijah said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."

    42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

    43 He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." He went up, and looked, and said, "There is nothing." He said, "Go again" seven times.

  • 1 Kgs 18:45-46
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    45 It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

    46 The hand of Yahweh was on Elijah; and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-2
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    1 It happened after many days, that the word of Yahweh came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth."

    2 Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    1 Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

    2 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-10
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    75%

    7 It happened after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

    8 The word of Yahweh came to him, saying,

    9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you."

    10 So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, "Please get me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink."

  • 1 Kgs 21:28-29
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    28 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    29 "See how Ahab humbles himself before me? Because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days; but in his son's days will I bring the evil on his house."

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
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    13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"

  • 2 Kgs 7:19
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    19 and that captain answered the man of God, and said, "Now, behold, if Yahweh should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?" and he said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

  • 2 Kgs 7:2
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    2 Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, "Behold, if Yahweh made windows in heaven, could this thing be?" He said, "Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat of it."

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-12
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    72%

    11 Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."'

    12 It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.

  • Luke 12:54
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    54 He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.

  • Job 37:6
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    6 For he says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth;' likewise to the shower of rain, and to the showers of his mighty rain.

  • 1 Kgs 21:17-18
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    17 The word of Yahweh came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18 "Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who dwells in Samaria. Behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone down to take possession of it.

  • 1 Sam 12:16-18
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    16 "Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

    17 Isn't it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of Yahweh, in asking for a king."

    18 So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.

  • Zech 10:1
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    1 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

  • Jas 5:18
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    18 He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

  • 1 Kgs 19:11
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    11 He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.

  • 1 Kgs 18:16
    70%

    16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

  • Job 37:11
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    11 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.

  • Job 36:27
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    27 For he draws up the drops of water, which distill in rain from his vapor,

  • 1 Kgs 18:5
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    5 Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals."

  • Amos 4:7
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    7 "I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn't rain withered.

  • Job 37:21
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    21 Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

  • Jonah 1:11
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    11 Then they said to him, "What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us?" For the sea grew more and more stormy.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
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    11 It happened, as they still went on, and talked, that behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated them; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

  • Deut 11:14
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    14 that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.

  • 1 Kgs 17:14
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    14 For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, 'The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.'"

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
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    9 Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"

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    20 So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to Mount Carmel.

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    15 The angel of Yahweh said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." He arose, and went down with him to the king.

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    8 Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

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    34 "Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover you?

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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    13 It was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. Behold, a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"