1 Kings 18:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.

Common English Bible

² So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Now the famine had become especially bad in Samaria.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Therefore, Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. For there was a severe famine in Samaria.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And Elias went to shew himself to Achab: and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:2 Cross References

1 Kings 18:1

After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year of the drought, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab; I will send rain on the earth.”

1 Kings 18:3

Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah revered the Lord greatly;

2 Kings 1:4

Now therefore thus says the Lord: You shall not leave the bed to which you have gone, but you shall surely die.” So Elijah went.

2 Kings 6:25

As the siege continued, famine in Samaria became so great that a donkey’s head was sold for eighty shekels of silver and one-fourth of a kab of dove’s dung for five shekels of silver.

Psalm 27:1

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you alone, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

Psalm 56:5

All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Isaiah 51:12

I, I am he who comforts you; why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die, a human being who fades like grass?

Jeremiah 14:18

If I go out into the field, look—those killed by the sword! And if I enter the city, look—those sick with famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade throughout the land and have no knowledge.

Leviticus 26:20

Your strength shall be spent to no purpose: your land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven, and they shall dole out your bread by weight, and though you eat, you shall not be satisfied.