Verse 17 Elias. For an account of this case, see 1 Kings 17:1-18:46:--Subject to like passions, &c.; that is, though a prophet, he was still merely a man, sharing with us the ordinary frailties, and imperfections of humanity.--Three years and six months; represented as three years in the original account. (1 Kings 18:1.) See Luke 4:25.