Context Crossref Comm Hebrew. Verse Click for Chapter. Tell him that I will soon send rain! I will send rain on the surface of the land.
Douay-Rheims Bible After many days the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.
I will allow rain to fall on the ground. Tell him that I will soon send rain! And soon the sky was black with clouds. In both cases, it's important to note that the text does not actually say "in the third year of the drought.
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying Now it happened after many days that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying Many modern translations add "of the drought" or "of the famine," but it's not actually in the text. One explanation for the alleged contradiction depends on this: rather than the "third year of the drought," the text is referring to the third year of Elijah's residence in Zarephath 1 Kings , where is staying at the end of 1 Kings Prior to this, but after the beginning of the drought, Elijah lived by the brook Cherith for an unspecified length of time 1 Kings Keil and Delitzsch call this the "most simple and natural" understanding:.
The time given, "the third year," is not to be reckoned, as the Rabbins, Clericus, Thenius, and others assume, from the commencement of the drought, but from the event last mentioned, namely, the sojourn of Elijah at Zarephath.
This view merits the preference as the simplest and most natural one, and is shown to be the oldest by Luke and James , where Christ and James both say, that in the time of Ahab it did not rain for three years and six months. And this length of time can only be obtained by allowing more than two years for Elijah's stay at Zarephath.
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown , among others, take a different approach. They argue that the two periods of rain in ancient Israel normally occurred in March and October, and that the king's anger would have driven Elijah away only after these rains failed:.
The early rain fell in our March, the latter rain in our October. Elijah had a rough time as a prophet. He was called at a time when the kings were quite corrupt. King Ahab was a terrible king. He angered the Lord more than any other king before him. So the Lord sent Elijah to proclaim a drought in the land until Ahab straightened up and God relieved the drought.
Not only did Elijah have to suffer along with everyone else, once his wadi dried up, but he angered the king and spent a good bit of his ministry hiding and running. For Elijah, being a prophet was a lot of hurry up and wait. Most of us have experienced that at some point, maybe quite often. Then he asked his servant to look in the direction of the sea for the first sign of a cloud. The servant did so, but reported that he had not noticed anything.
Immediately Elijah sent word to Ahab to have his horses harnessed and to return to his palace before the rains began to fall. Soon the whole sky became overcast. Strong winds drove large clouds and sent the rain down in torrents. The heavy rains drenched the parched earth of Israel, which had been craving water for almost three years. Ahab fled before the storm, and rode into Jezreel, but the spirit of G-d seized Elijah, and carried him on before Ahab to the entrance of the city.
Ahab related to Jezebel all that had come to pass on Mount Carmel, and told her also of the death of her prophets. Jezebel flew into a rage and swore that she would do unto Elijah as he had done unto them. Elijah fled to the desert of Judah. There he sat down amongst the bushes in a mood of despondency and deep disappointment.
Wearied by his flight, and tortured by hunger and thirst, he lay down and fell asleep. But an angel of G-d touched him and ordered him to get up and eat. Elijah opened his eyes and saw beside him a cruse of water and a cake. He ate and drank and fell asleep for the second time. With the strength derived from that meal, he walked forty days and forty nights until he reached Mount Horeb. Elijah took refuge in a cave on Mount Horeb.
He mourned the loss of all the true prophets of G-d, expressing his apprehension as to who would carry on his work, now that he was the only remaining prophet of G-d, and the enemies of G-d sought to take away his life. In reply, G-d told him to step outside and stand on the mountainside. Elijah did so, and G-d manifested Himself to him.
At first a great and strong wind rocked the mountain. But G-d was not in the wind. Then came an earthquake; but G-d was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came fire; but G-d was not in the fire. Then Elijah heard a still, soft whisper, and he covered his face with his mantle and stood at the entrance of the cave. Then G-d instructed him as to his work. Elijah was to go to Damascus and anoint Hazael, who was to be king over Syria.
Next he was to anoint Jehu , the son of Nimshi, who was to be king over Israel. On the day G-d had selected to take His servant Elijah from this earth, the prophet left Gilgal in the company of his disciple Elisha. They reached the shores of the Jordan followed by fifty young prophets who had come with them out of Jericho and stood watching them at some distance. Elijah took his mantle and, rolling it up like a staff, he smote the waters, which separated.
The prophets passed through the river on dry land. Walking with Elisha between the parted floods, Elijah asked his disciple if he could do something for him, before G-d took him away. Elisha replied that he would like to ask for a double measure of the Divine spirit of his master. Elijah assured him that although his wish was no small thing, it would come true if Elisha merited seeing his master go up to heaven.
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