1 Kings 17:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

As the lord god

Before whom

Acts 27:23

Dew nor rain

Luke 4:25

James 5:17

Revelation 11:6

General references

Haggai 1:10

Bible References

As the lord god

And Micaiah will say, Jehovah lives, for what Jehovah shall say to me I will speak it.

And Elisha will say, Jehovah of armies lives whom I stand before him, for unless I accept the face of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, if I will look to thee and if I will, see thee

And he will say, Jehovah lives whom I stood before him if I will take. And he will press upon him to take, and he will refuse.

Lift up round about thine eyes and see: they all gathered themselves together, they came to thee. I live, says Jehovah, thou shalt put them all on as an ornament, and thou shalt bind them as a bride.

For he was teaching them as having power, and not as the scribes.

And he shall come before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the intelligence of the just; to prepare a people having been put in order for the Lord.

Before whom

In that time Jehovah separated the tribe of Levi, to lift up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, to stand before Jehovah to serve him, and to praise in his name, even to this day.

For this, thus said Jehovah, If thou wilt turn back, and I will turn thee back, thou shalt stand before me: and if thou shalt bring forth the precious from the vile thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall turn back to thee and thou shalt not turn back to them.

The messenger having answered, said to him, I am Gabriel, standing before God; and was sent to speak to thee, and announce these good news to thee.

Watch therefore, in all time praying, that ye be deemed worthy to escape all these about to be, and to stand before the Son of man.

For the messenger of God stood by me in this night, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Dew nor rain

And I tell you of a truth, many widows were in the days of Elias in Israel, When heaven was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine Was upon all the land;

Elias was a man having similar feelings with us, and in prayer he prayed for it not to rain: and it rained not upon the earth for three years and six months.

These have power to shut up heaven, that the rain should not wet in the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every blow, as often as they wish.

General references

For this the heavens over you were shut up from dew, and the earth withheld her produce.