And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
Parallel translations
- WEB Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.
- BSB So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,
- NKJV So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria.
- NASB So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
- NLT So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.
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Quick answer
Elijah obediently goes to meet Ahab while the famine grips Samaria severely.
Overview
Elijah courageously sets out to face the king who has been hunting him, trusting God's command. The note that the famine was severe underscores the depth of the crisis the drought has caused. Elijah's obedience in the face of danger again models the faith that acts on God's word regardless of risk.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Jer 14:2–6Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
- Lev 26:26And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
- Deut 28:23–24And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
- 2 Kgs 6:25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
- Joel 1:15–20Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
- Jer 14:18If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
- Ps 51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
- Isa 51:12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
- Ps 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
- Prov 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Heb 13:5–6Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
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