⁴¹ Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

¹ And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

¹ Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

⁷ Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

³⁴ So I make request to you to take food; for this is for your salvation: not a hair from the head of any of you will come to destruction.