KJV King James Version
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
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1 Kings 18:2
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
WEB World English Bible
Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
ASV American Standard Version
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 18
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.
2 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.)
5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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Joel 1:15-20Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.Deuteronomy 28:23-24And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.Hebrews 13:5-6[Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 51:4Against 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.Jeremiah 14:2-6Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.Jeremiah 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.Psalm 27:1[A Psalm] of David. 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?Isaiah 51:12I, [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;Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.2 Kings 6:25And 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.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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