1 KINGS 18:2

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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

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1 Kings 18:2 Translation & Meaning

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And Elijah אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites Elijah
went וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) went
to shew himself לְהֵֽרָא֖וֹת To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) shew himself
unto אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to unto
Ahab. אַחְאָ֑ב Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon Ahab
And a sore חָזָ֥ק Strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) sore
there was (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
famine וְהָֽרָעָ֥ב Hunger (more or less extensive) famine
in Samaria. בְּשֹֽׁמְרֽוֹן׃ Shomeron, a place in Palestine Samaria

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  • 1  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.

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

  • 3  And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:

  • 4  For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)




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