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1 Kings 18:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980 →
אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ'e.li.Ya.huElijahH452 →
לְהֵרָא֖וֹתle.he.ra.'otto present himselfH7200 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַחְאָ֑ב'ach.'AvAhabH256 →
וְהָרָעָ֖בve.ha.ra.'Avand the famineH7458 →
חָזָ֥קcha.Zak[was] severeH2389 →
בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃be.sho.me.Ronin SamariaH8111 →

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Deuteronomy 28:23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver and built a city there, calling it Samaria after the name of Shemer, who had owned the hill.1 Kings 18:1After 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.”2 Kings 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”Jeremiah 14:18If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?Isaiah 51:12“I, even I, am He who comforts you. Why should you be afraid of mortal man, of a son of man who withers like grass?Hebrews 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Psalms 51:4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.Deuteronomy 28:23–24The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.Joel 1:15–20Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.Jeremiah 14:2–6“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.Ruth 1:1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.Amos 4:6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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The Prophets of Baal Are Slaughtered — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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