Elijah. First mention. GOD (El) is JAH (or Jehovah). See App-4.
Tishbite. sojourner. Probably. priest.
inhabitants. sojourners.
before, &c. Probably. priest. See note above.
dew. night-mist. Compare Deuteronomy 32:2; 2 Samuel 1:21.Job 38:28.
these years (not three years). No definite period stated. "Years" is plural, not dual. In Luke 4:25 and James 5:17. "three years and six months". These six months must be reckoned before the three years, not added to the end because of "the third year" (1 Kings 18:1): i.e. the third full year.