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Elijah sends his servant seven times to scan the sea for rain.
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1 Kings 18:43

Look toward the sea

Elijah at Mount Carmel · 1 Kings 18

Story guide: Elijah sends his servant up to scan the sea, and the report comes back empty: "There is nothing." The order to go back seven times follows.

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43Then he said to his servant, “Please go up and look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” Then he said, “Go back seven times.”

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