¹⁵ The angel^(A) of the Lord said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid^(B) of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

⁷ The angel of the Lord^(A) found Hagar near a spring^(B) in the desert; it was the spring that is beside the road to Shur.^(C)

Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah^(A) the Tishbite, from Tishbe^[a] in Gilead,^(B) said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain^(C) in the next few years except at my word.”

⁸ So Saul disguised^(A) himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. “Consult^(B) a spirit for me,” he said, “and bring up for me the one I name.”