* King Ahab influenced the people of Israel to worship false gods.
* The prophet Elijah confronted Ahab and told him there would be a severe drought for three and a half years as punishment for the sins that Ahab caused Israel to commit.
* Ahab and his wife Jezebel did many other evil things, including using their power to kill innocent people.
(See also: [Baal](../other/baal.md), [Elijah](../other/elijah.md), [Jezebel](../other/jezebel.md), [kingdom of Israel](../other/kingdomofisrael.md), [Yahweh](../kt/yahweh.md))
* __[19:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/19/02)__ Elijah was a prophet when __Ahab__ was king over the kingdom of Israel. __Ahab__ was an evil man who encouraged people to worship a false god named Baal.
* __[19:03](rc://en/tn/help/obs/19/03)__ __Ahab__ and his army looked for Elijah, but they could not find him.
* __[19:05](rc://en/tn/help/obs/19/05)__ After three and a half years, God told Elijah to return to the kingdom of Israel and speak with __Ahab__ because he was going to send rain again.