41 Then Eliyah (Elijah) told King Ahav, “Get ready and have something to eat and drink, because I can hear the noise of heavy rain coming.” 42 So Ahav got ready and had something to eat and drink, but Eliyah went further up Mt. Karmel and squatted with his face down between his knees[ref] 43 and told his servant, “Go up now, and look towards the ocean.”

He went up and looked and said, “There’s nothing there.”

This happened seven times, 44 but on the seventh time he came back and said, “Wow, there’s a small cloud out above the ocean about the size of a man’s palm.”

Then Eliyah ordered him, “Rush and tell Ahav to get his chariot ready and head down so he won’t be caught in the rain.”

45 Very soon the sky was full of dark clouds, then wind and heavy rain. Ahav kept riding and made it to the city of Yizre’el (Jezreel). 46 Yahweh gave Eliyah extra strength and he tucked his robe into his belt, and ran ahead of Ahav going into Yizre’el.