Parallel Verses
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.
Bible in Basic English
So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had 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 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26
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.
Deuteronomy 28:23-24
And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
2 Kings 6:25
And there was a great famine in Samaria as they besieged it until an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
Psalm 27:1
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?
Psalm 51:4
Against thee, against thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in thy sight that thou be declared just in thy word and pure in thy judgment.
Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a young lion.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am he that comforts you. Who art thou that thou should be afraid of man that is mortal and of the son of man which shall be counted as stubble?
Jeremiah 14:2-6
Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold those that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest walked around in circles in the land, and they did not know it.
Joel 1:15-20
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have; for he has said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.