God’s Assistance: Elijah on Mt. Carmel – 1Kings 18:16-46
It is the third year of the drought the Lord had Elijah proclaim to Ahab, the king of Israel (1Kings 17:1). Elijah is living in Sidon, presumably with the widow of Zaraphath, when the word of the Lord comes to him, commanding him to present himself to Ahab, at which point the Lord will send rain on the land once again.  So Elijah picks himself up and goes back into Israel to find Ahab.

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