Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.
New American Standard Bible
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
King James Version
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
Holman Bible
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.
The famine was severe in Samaria.
International Standard Version
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab, right when the famine in Samaria was most severe.
A Conservative Version
And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
American Standard Version
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
Amplified
So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
Darby Translation
And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
Julia Smith Translation
And Elijah will go to be seen to Ahab. And the famine strong in Shomeron.
King James 2000
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a severe famine in Samaria.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine [was] severe in Samaria.
Modern King James verseion
And Elijah went to be seen himself to Ahab. And there was a great famine in Samaria.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab, for there was a great famishment in Samaria.
NET Bible
So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
New Heart English Bible
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.
The Emphasized Bible
And Elijah went, to show himself unto Ahab. Now, the famine, was severe in Samaria.
Webster
And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a grievous famine in Samaria.
World English Bible
Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
Themes
Elijah » Returns, and sends a message to ahab
Israel » Hoshea » History of » Famine prevails during the reign of ahab
Interlinear
Yalak
Ra'ah
Chazaq
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 18:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
War Between Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal
1 Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth. 2 So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria. 3 And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
When I take away your bread of life, ten women will be cooking bread in one oven, and your bread will be measured out by weight; you will have food but never enough.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.
2 Kings 6:25
And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.
Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Psalm 51:4
Against you, you only, have I done wrong, working that which is evil in your eyes; so that your words may be seen to be right, and you may be clear when you are judging.
Proverbs 28:1
The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
Jeremiah 14:2-6
Judah is weeping and its doors are dark with sorrow, and people are seated on the earth clothed in black; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.
Joel 1:15-20
Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it will come.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.