Now it was after many days that the word of Adonai came to Elijah in the third year saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; then I will send rain on the land.
1 Kings 18:2 - Tree of Life Version So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. 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. |
Now it was after many days that the word of Adonai came to Elijah in the third year saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab; then I will send rain on the land.
Ahab summoned Obadiah who was the steward of the palace. Now Obadiah feared Adonai greatly—
Therefore thus says Adonai: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on, for you will surely die.’” And Elijah departed.
Now there was a great famine in Samaria, since they were besieging it, until a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the quarter of a kav of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
Of David. Adonai is my light and my salvation: whom should I fear? Adonai is the stronghold of my life: whom should I dread?
In God—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
“I, I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear man, who dies, or a son of man, who is given up like grass?”
If I go out into the field, see, those slain by the sword! And if I enter into the city, see, the sick with famine! For both prophet and kohen will travel to a land they do not know.
Also your strength will be spent in vain, for your land will not yield its increase, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.