Of the inhabitants of Gilead] RM according to LXX, of Tishbeh of Gilead.' Said unto Ahab] Nothing is related about the reason for the drought which the prophet predicted; but the cause was doubtless Ahab's idolatry (1 Kings 16:31-33 : cp. Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 11:17). Josephus quotes a Tyrian historian who states that a drought occurred during the reign of Ethbaal (the king of Tyre and Zidon named in 1 Kings 16:31), which lasted a year.
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1 Kings 17:1
1 And Elijaha the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.