RAIN

–Forty days of, at the time of the great flood of Noah Ge 7:4,10-12,17-24

–The plague of, upon Egypt Ex 9:22-26,33,34

–Miraculously caused

.By Samuel 1Sa 12:16-19

.By Elijah 1Ki 18:41-45

–David delivered by 2Sa 5:17-21; Isa 28:21

–North wind unfavorable to Pr 25:23

–Withheld as judgment De 11:17; 28:24; 1Ki 8:35; 2Ch 7:13; Jer 3:3; Am 4:7; Zec 14:17

–The earth will never again be destroyed by Ge 9:8-17

–Sent by God De 11:13,14; Job 37:6; Isa 30:23; Jer 5:24; 14:22

–Contingent upon obedience Le 26:3,4; De 11:13,14

–Prayer for 1Ki 8:35,36; 2Ch 6:26,27

–Answer to prayer for, promised 2Ch 7:13,14; Zec 10:1

–Withheld, in answer to prayer Jas 5:17,18

–Rainy season in Palestine is in the ninth month, corresponding to December Ezr 10:9,13

–See METEOROLOGY

–FIGURATIVE Ps 72:6