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1 Kings 18:2

AhabElijahSamaria
Trials and adversity

1 After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

3 and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,

4 for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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BSB
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
KJV
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
WEB
Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
ASV
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
DARBY
And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
BLB
And Elijah went to appear to Ahab. And the famine [was] severe in Samaria.
ÅB
Og Elias gikk avsted for å trede fram for Akab. Men hungersnøden var stor i Samaria.
OTB
Så dro Elia av sted for å vise seg for Akab. På den tiden var hungersnøden sterk i Samaria.
B1930
Og Elias gikk avsted for å trede frem for Akab. Men hungersnøden var stor i Samaria.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joel 1:15–20

    Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

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  • Leviticus 26:26

    When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

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  • Psalms 27:1

    The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?

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  • Psalms 51:4

    Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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  • Isaiah 51:12

    “I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?

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  • Deuteronomy 28:23–24

    The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

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  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

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  • 2 Kings 6:25

    So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.

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