It happened after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Eliyahu, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ach'av; and I will send rain on the earth.
1 Kings 18:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Eliyahu went to show himself to Ach'av. The famine was sore in Shomron. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. American Standard Version (1901) And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria. Common English Bible So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Now the famine had become especially bad in Samaria. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. For there was a severe famine in Samaria. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Elias went to shew himself to Achab: and there was a grievous famine in Samaria. |
It happened after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Eliyahu, in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ach'av; and I will send rain on the earth.
Ach'av called `Ovadyah 1, who was over the household. (Now `Ovadyah 1 feared the LORD greatly:
Now therefore thus says the LORD, You shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die. Eliyahu departed.
There was a great famine in Shomron: and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty [pieces] of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five [pieces] of silver.
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
I, even I, am he who comforts you: who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who shall be made as grass;
If I go forth into the field, then, behold, the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then, behold, those who are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the Kohen go about in the land, and have no knowledge.
and your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won't yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.