41. ELIJAH said to Ahab, "Get up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain."

42. So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. ELIJAH went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees.

43. He said to his servant, "Go up now, and look toward the sea."He went up, and looked, and said, "There is nothing."He said, "Go again" seven times.

44. On the seventh time, he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea."He said, "Go up, tell Ahab, 'Get ready and go down, so that the rain doesn't stop you.'"

45. In a little while, the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

17. ELIJAH was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.

18. He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.