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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Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. "I serve the Lord, the God of Israel," Elijah said to Ahab. "As surely as the Lord lives, no rain or dew will fall during the next few years unless I command it."