1 Kings 18:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,”
A short, plain-language explanation of 1 Kings 18:2 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 18:2 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
- Leviticus 26:26When 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
- 2 Kings 1:4Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
- 2 Kings 6:25So 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.
- Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Psalms 51:4Against 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.
- Psalms 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- 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?
- Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 14:18If 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 1:15Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- Hebrews 13:5Keep 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.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).