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1 Kings 18:1

After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”

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ASV

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of Jehovah came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117 →
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227 →
וּדְבַר־u.de.var-and [the] word ofH1697 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הָיָה֙ha.Yahit cameH1961 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijahH452 →
בַּשָּׁנָ֥הba.sha.Nahin the yearH8141 →
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֖יתha.she.li.Shit<the> thirdH7992 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
לֵ֚ךְlekhgoH1980 →
הֵרָאֵ֣הhe.ra.'Ehpresent yourselfH7200 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַחְאָ֔ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
וְאֶתְּנָ֥הve.'e.te.Nahso let me giveH5414 →
מָטָ֖רma.TarrainH4306 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] surface ofH6440 →
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127 →

The walk

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Luke 4:25But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.James 5:17Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.1 Kings 18:41And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of a heavy rain.”1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”Deuteronomy 28:12The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.1 Kings 18:15–40Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”1 Kings 18:2So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,Psalms 135:7He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.1 Kings 8:36then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.Leviticus 26:4I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.2 Samuel 12:1Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”Revelation 11:6These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.1 Kings 17:15So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and there was food every day for Elijah and the woman and her household.Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”1 Kings 17:7Some time later, however, the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land.

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