1 Kings 18:2 KJV — MannaFest

1 Kings 18:2

And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

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ASV

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

WEB

So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,

YLT

and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

DBT

And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.

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1 Kings — From Solomon's glory to the divided kingdom — then Elijah's confrontation with Ahab and Jezebel dominating the second half. The promise of the Davidic covenant unfolding through temple glory, then beginning to unravel as idolatry and political fragmentation take hold.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (Bava Batra 15a). The book draws on court annals and prophetic records cited by name.
Date: Events c. 970–852 BC; compilation during the late Judahite monarchy or exile

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17 verses on the floor

Deuteronomy 28:23
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
2 Kings 8:1
Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
1 Kings 16:24
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
1 Kings 18:1
And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
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 them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

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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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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1KI 18:2PSA 27:1 PSA 118:6
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1KI 18:2PSA 27:1 HEB 13:6
1KI 18:2PSA 27:1 EXO 15:2
1KI 18:2PSA 27:1 2CO 12:9
1KI 18:2PSA 27:1 PSA 84:11
1KI 18:2ISA 51:12 1PE 1:24
1KI 18:2ISA 51:12 ISA 2:22
1KI 18:2ISA 51:12 JHN 14:26-27

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