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Elijah. First mention = GOD ( El ) is JAH (or Jehovah). See App-4 .
Tishbite = sojourner. Probably a priest.
inhabitants = sojourners.
before, &c. Probably a 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.
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