Reference

1 Kings 17:1

And Elijah 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.
1

And Elijah 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.

2

And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying,

3

Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Time-Bound Fulfillment
Multi-Signal Classification
80% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

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Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse states that there will be no dew or rain "these years," which is a duration, but it does not explicitly define the end of that duration, only that it will be "according to my word," which is open-ended.