1 Kings 17:1

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Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the foreigners of Gilead, said to Ahab, As Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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Gilead lay east of the Jordan River, the rugged Transjordan region from which Elijah came to confront Ahab. Sidon and nearby

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1 Kings 17:1 mentions Gilead, Jordan, Sidon and Zarephath.