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1 Kings 18:2

AhabElijahSamaria
Trials and adversity

1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread 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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joel 1:15–20

    Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

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  • Leviticus 26:26

    And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and 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 strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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  • Psalms 51:4

    Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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  • Isaiah 51:12

    I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;

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  • Deuteronomy 28:23–24

    And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

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  • 2 Kings 6:25

    And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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