And the word of the Lord came to him The word of prophecy, as the Targum; this shows that by word, in the former verse, he means the word of the Lord by him:
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Elijah from Tishbe, who was one of the settlers in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As surely as the LORD lives, Israel's God, the one I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain these years unless I say so."