God’s Word Translation
1 Kings 18:2
2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was particularly severe in Samaria.
1 Kings 18:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
- New International Version (NIV)So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.
Context of 1 Kings 18:2
1A while later in the third year of the drought, the Lord spoke his word to Elijah: “Present yourself to Ahab. I will allow rain to fall on the ground.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was particularly severe in Samaria. 3Ahab sent for Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. Obadiah was a devout worshiper of the Lord. 4(When Jezebel was killing the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had hidden 100 prophets in caves. He put 50 prophets in each cave and kept them alive by providing bread and water for them.)
Read all of 1 Kings 181 Kings 18:2 word by word
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ לְהֵרָא֖וֹת אֶל־אַחְאָ֑ב וְהָרָעָ֖ב חָזָ֥ק בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 18:2
- Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who is there to fear? The Lord is my life’s fortress. Who is there to be afraid of?
- Psalms 51:4I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.
- Proverbs 28:1A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions.
- Isaiah 51:12I alone am the one who comforts you. Why, then, are you afraid of mortals, who must die, of humans, who are like grass?
- Hebrews 13:5Don’t love money. Be happy with what you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.”
- Leviticus 26:26I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
- 2 Kings 6:25The shortages caused by the blockade of Samaria became so severe that a donkey’s head sold for two pounds of silver and a half-pint of dove manure for two ounces of silver.
- Jeremiah 14:2Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. Their cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- Joel 1:15This will be a terrible day! The day of the Lord is near, and it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 18:2
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Elijah kept following the Lord's commands (see 1 Kings 17:5, 10), even though it was risky to meet Ahab.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Elijah went--a marvellous proof of the natural intrepidity of this prophet, of his moral courage, and his unfaltering confidence in the protecting care of God, that he ventured to approach the presence of the raging lion. there was a sore famine in Samaria--Elijah found that the famine was pressing with intense severity in the capital. Corn must have been obtained for the people from Egypt or the adjoining countries, else life could not have been…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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