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. The Guardian - Page 2261884Full view - About this book
| 1838 - 1196 lehte
...Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto * Ahab, At the LORD God of Israel livcth, lem ; and appointed the Lévites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of 3 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide... | |
| Joseph Hall, James Hamilton - 1838 - 644 lehte
...service. The first word that we hear from Elijah is an oath, and a threat to Ahab, to Israel : " As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rnin, these years, but according to my word." He comes in like a tempest, who went out in a whirlwind... | |
| Percy Bolingbroke St. John - 1838 - 208 lehte
...they brought." Milton. 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 or rain these years, but according to my word. And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, Get... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1838 - 264 lehte
...and sought after Elijah to take away his life ; but the ' word of the Lord came unto him, saying, ' Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.' The prophet did as he was commanded, and sought for shelter by the little brook,... | |
| Joseph Tyso - 1838 - 302 lehte
...shall thou do six days — and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times. i. Kings xvii. 1. There shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word, ii. Kings vii. 1. 16. To-morrow about this time. viii. 1. And it shall also come upon the land seven... | |
| George Bush - 1839 - 738 lehte
...CHAPTER XVII. Ver. ) . 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,...dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. The latter rain falls in the middle or towards the end of April, from which, if there be three months... | |
| Menzies Rayner - 1839 - 296 lehte
...follows : " And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years but according to my word." This was a solemn assertion, and doubtless prophetic, but the language is not that of prayer, or entreaty.... | |
| Henry Edward J. Howard (hon.) - 1840 - 340 lehte
...of his character : " Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand,...nor rain these years, but according to my word."* We learn from the assurance of an apostle of Christ, that this word, in the mouth of Elijah, was a... | |
| John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1840 - 536 lehte
...righteous men. St. James refers to the example of Elijah, taken from 1 Kings xvii. 1, "As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word." The same truth is forcibly expressed in Exod. xxxii. 10 : when the Israelites had fallen into their... | |
| 1840 - 870 lehte
...At the LORD God of Isratl liveth, before whom I st:md, there shall not be dew nor rain these yearn, have I to do with thec ? get thee to the prophet* of thy father, and to the proph tbee hence, and turn tliee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that if before Jordan.... | |
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