Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 591
Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 592
Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 603
Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 604
Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 617
Deprecated: trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 618
Deprecated: str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 503
Deprecated: str_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /mnt/www/bg7/releases/20250429212612Z/includes/bg_app.php on line 657 Drought - Encyclopedia of The Bible - Bible Gateway
DROUGHT. Any community whose habitat embraced a semi-arid region on the desert’s fringe would certainly be painfully aware not only of the value but also of the variability of rainfall amounts which is characteristic of such a region. The Atlas of Israel has an interesting series of rainfall maps for the period 1931-55; they reveal deviations from long term mean of over one hundred percent in individual years. When successive subnormal years occur (cf. 1 Kings 17:1) famine results. Numerous Bible passages see drought as evidence of God’s withholding blessing from His people. SeeRain; [http://biblegateway/wiki/V. Climate PALESTINE, CLIMATE OF].