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

Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I will speak."

Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you.

But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none." He urged him to take it; but he refused.

Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live," says the LORD, "you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.

for he taught them with authority, and not like their scribes.

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Before whom

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

Therefore thus says the LORD, "If you return, then will I bring you again, that you may stand before me; and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: they shall return to you, but you shall not return to them.

The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.

Therefore be watchful all the time, praying that you may be able to escape all these things that will happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

For there stood by me this night an angel, belonging to the God whose I am and whom I serve,

Dew nor rain

But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

These have the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

General references

Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.