KJV King James Version
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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1 Kings 18:45
And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
WEB World English Bible
It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
ASV American Standard Version
And it came to pass in a little while, that the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black—thick clouds and wind—and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 18
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
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וַיְהִ֣י׀H1961 · ha.yahto beעַד־H5704 · adtillכֹּ֣הH3541 · kohthusוְעַד־H5704 · adtillכֹּ֗הH3541 · kohthusוְהַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙H8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenהִֽתְקַדְּרוּ֙H6937 · qa.darbe darkעָבִ֣יםH5645 · avcloudוְר֔וּחַH7307 · ru.achspiritוַיְהִ֖יH1961 · ha.yahto beגֶּ֣שֶׁםH1653 · ge.shemrainגָּד֑וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeוַיִּרְכַּ֥בH7392 · ra.khavto rideאַחְאָ֖בH256 · ach.avAhabוַיֵּ֥לֶךְH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentיִזְרְעֶֽאלָה׃H3157 · yiz.re.elJezreel
Cross-references
1 Kings 18:39-40And when all the people saw [it], they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he [is] the God; the LORD, he [is] the God.1 Kings 21:1And it came to pass after these things, [that] Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which [was] in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.Numbers 25:8And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.Joshua 19:18And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,2 Samuel 21:14And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.Joshua 17:16And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.2 Kings 9:16So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.2 Samuel 2:9And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
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