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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And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word."