so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.

Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you, who hear your wisdom.

Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word."

Elijah said, "As Yahweh of Armies lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today."

He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before Yahweh." Behold, Yahweh passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Yahweh; but Yahweh was not in the wind. After the wind an earthquake; but Yahweh was not in the earthquake.