Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.