Thus God answered the prayers of that young Queen and her maidens, and of the Jews who joined with her in fasting and praying, and sent them a great deliverance, the remembrance of which has been handed down from generation to generation ever since.
[XXX. A GREAT RAIN, AND A TIRED PROPHET]
So Ahab ate and drank—but Elijah went up to the top of Carmel, and cast himself upon the earth with his face between his knees, and he said to his servant: "Go up now and look towards the sea."
And the servant returned, saying he could not see anything.
Then Elijah said: "Go—" seven times. And when he came back the seventh time, he said he could see a little cloud in the sky, no bigger than a man's hand.
So Elijah hurriedly sent a message to the king, to prepare his chariot, and get to his home quickly, or the rain which was coming would stop him!
And as he spoke, the heavens became black with clouds, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he ran before Ahab's chariot, right to the entrance of Jezreel.
But when Ahab told his wife, the wicked queen, Jezebel, that all her prophets were dead, Jezebel sent a message to Elijah that she would kill him, as he had done the prophets of Baal, by that time the next day!