RAIN

• Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of Noah Gen. 7:4, 10-12, 17-24
• The plague of, upon Egypt Ex. 9:22-26, 33,34
• Miraculously caused
  • By Samuel 1 Sam. 12:16-19
  • By Elijah 1 Ki. 18:41-45
• David delivered by 2 Sam. 5:17-21; Isa. 28:21
• North wind unfavorable to Pr. 25:23
• Withheld as judgment Dt. 11:17, 28:24; 1 Ki. 8:35; 2 Chr. 7:13; Jer. 3:3; Amos 4:7; Zech. 14:17
• The earth will never again be destroyed by Gen. 9:8-17
• Sent by God Dt. 11:13,14; Job 37:6; Isa. 30:23; Jer. 5:24, 14:22
• Contingent upon obedience Lev. 26:3,4; Dt. 11:13,14
• Prayer for 1 Ki. 8:35,36; 2 Chr. 6:26,27
• Answer to prayer for, promised 2 Chr. 7:13,14; Zech. 10:1
• Withheld, in answer to prayer Jas. 5:17,18
• Rainy season in Palestine is in the ninth month, corresponding to December Ezra 10:9, 13
• FIGURATIVE Ps. 72:6
• See METEOROLOGY