Elijah decreed that there would be neither rain nor dew for three years because
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Elijah decreed that there would be neither rain nor dew for three years because Ahab had forsaken the commandment of God by erecting an altar for Baal. Elijah was a prophet of God and he had warned King Ahab that if he and the Israelites continued to worship Baal, a false god, instead of the true God of Israel, there would be consequences. The drought was a punishment for their disobedience, and it was meant to show the people that only God had the power to provide for their needs.