1 Kings 18:41-45

Bible Text

[41] Elijah said to Ahab, Get you 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, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times. [44] It happened at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a small cloud, like a man's hand, is rising out of the sea." He said, Go up, tell Ahab, Make ready [your chariot], and get you down, that the rain not stop you. [45] It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:

Mount Carmel, overlooking the Mediterranean, was where Elijah had confronted Baal’s prophets; from there he watched for the rain God promised after drought. The Kishon lay below Carmel, while Jezreel and Samaria were royal centers toward which Ahab traveled as the storm approached.

Places in this passage

1 Kings 18:41-45 mentions Jezreel, Kishon, Mount Carmel and Samaria.

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