1 Kings 18:2 “So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Sa…”

1 Kings 18:2

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

American Standard Version

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Eliiah went to shew himselfe vnto Ahab, and there was a great famine in Samaria.

Darby Translation

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

Young's Literal Translation

and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

Bible in Basic English

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

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Cross references

“went to shew”

Psalm 27:1 Psalm 51:4 Proverbs 28:1 Isaiah 51:12 Hebrews 13:5 Hebrews 13:6

Psalm 27:1 · BSB

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

Psalm 51:4 · BSB

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.

Proverbs 28:1 · BSB

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

Isaiah 51:12 · BSB

“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?

Hebrews 13:5 · BSB

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

Hebrews 13:6 · BSB

So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”

“a sore”

Leviticus 26:26 2 Kings 6:25 Jeremiah 14:2–6 Jeremiah 14:18 Joel 1:15–20 Deuteronomy 28:23

Leviticus 26:26 · BSB

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.

2 Kings 6:25 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 14:2–6 · BSB

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:18 · BSB

If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

Joel 1:15–20 · BSB

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

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

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

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1After 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.”

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

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