Bible Cross References
A. M. 3098. B.C. 906. after many days
Luke 4:25
But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with feelings like ours, and he prayed to God that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
Revelation 11:2
But leave out the court which is outside the temple, and do not measure it, for it has been given to the Gentiles. And they will tread the holy city underfoot for forty-two months.
Revelation 11:6
These have authority to shut the heavens, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have authority over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
in the third year
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Jehovah the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except according to my word.
1 Kings 17:7
And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
1 Kings 17:15
So she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she and he and her household ate many days.
Luke 4:25
But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land;
James 5:17
Elijah was a man with feelings like ours, and he prayed to God that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
Go
1 Kings 18:2
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and the famine was severe in Samaria.
1 Kings 18:15-40
15
And Elijah said, As Jehovah of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely present myself to him today.
16
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and reported to him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17
And it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is that you, O troubler of Israel?
18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, in that you have forsaken the commandments of Jehovah and have gone after the Baals.
19
Now therefore, send and gather all Israel to me on Mount Carmel, the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, and the four hundred prophets of the groves, who eat at Jezebel's table.
20
So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together on Mount Carmel.
21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long will you be limping between two divided opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow after him. But the people answered him not a word.
22
Then Elijah said to the people, I alone am left a prophet of Jehovah; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
23
Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it.
24
Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call upon the name of Jehovah; and the god who answers by fire, He is God. So all the people answered and said, The word is good.
25
And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves and prepare it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it.
26
So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, O Baal, hear us! But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.
27
And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened.
28
So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
29
And when midday was past, they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice. But there was no voice; no one answered, no one paid attention.
30
Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of Jehovah that was broken down.
31
And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Word of Jehovah had come, saying, Israel shall be your name.
32
And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
33
And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.
34
Then he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time; and he said, Do it a third time, and they did it a third time.
35
And the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36
And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your Word.
37
Testify, O Jehovah, testify, that this people may know that You are Jehovah God, and that You have turned their hearts around back to You.
38
Then the fire of Jehovah fell and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
39
And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, Jehovah, He is God! Jehovah, He is God!
40
And Elijah said to them, Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape! So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
I will send rain
Leviticus 26:4
then I will give you rain in its season, the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:12
Jehovah will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.
Psalm 65:9-13
9
You visit the earth and water it; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, for in this way You have prepared it.
10
You water its furrows with water; You deepen its ridges; You make it soft with showers; You bless the sprouting of it.
11
You crown the year with Your goodness, and Your trenches drip with fertility.
12
They trickle on the pastures of the wilderness; and the little hills are girded with rejoicing.
13
The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with grain; they shout for joy and sing.
Isaiah 5:6
and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up. And I will command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Jeremiah 10:13
When He utters His voice, there is the noise of much water in the heavens. He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He makes lightnings with the rain, and brings forth the wind out of His treasures.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vain idols of the nations who can make it rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God. Therefore we will wait upon You; for You have made all these things.
Joel 2:23
Be glad then, you sons of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God. For He has given to you the early rain according to righteousness, and He will cause the rain to come down for you, the early rain and the latter rain in the first month.
Amos 4:7
And I have also withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest. And I caused rain to fall on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One parcel of land was rained on, and the parcel where it did not rain was dried up.