Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go get something to eat and drink, for I hear a might rainstorm coming!”
So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees.
Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea.”
The servant went and looked, then returned and said, “I didn’t see anything.”
Seven times Elijah told him to go and look. Finally the seventh tine, his servant told him, “I saw a little cloud about the size of a man’s hand rising from the sea.”
Then Elijah shouted, “Hurry, to Ahab and tell him , ‘Climb into your chariot and go back home. If you don’t hurry, the rain will stop you!'”
And soon the sky was black with clouds. A heave wind brought a terrific rainstorm, and Ahab left quickly for Jezreel. Then the Lord gave special strength to Elijah. He tucked his coat into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way to the entrance of Jezreel. (vv. 41-46, NLT)