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1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Elijah
'Eliyah (Hebrew #452)
from 410 and 3050; God of Jehovah; Elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other Israelites
KJV usage: Elijah, Eliah.
Pronounce: ay-lee-yaw'
Origin: or prolonged tEliyahuw {ay-lee-yaw'-hoo}
went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
to show
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
himself unto Ahab
'Ach'ab (Hebrew #256)
from {SI 10251}251{/SI} and 1; brother (i.e. friend) of (his) father; Achab, the name of a king of Israel and of a prophet at Babylon
KJV usage: Ahab.
Pronounce: akh-awb'
Origin: once (by contraction) oEchab (Jer. 29:22) {ekh- awb'}
. And there was a sore
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
famine
ra`ab (Hebrew #7458)
hunger (more or less extensive)
KJV usage: dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Pronounce: raw-awb'
Origin: from 7456
in Samaria
Shomrown (Hebrew #8111)
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sho-mer-one'
Origin: from the active participle of 8104
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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went to shew.
Psa. 27:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 51:4• 4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest. (Psa. 51:4)
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Prov. 28:1• 1The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. (Prov. 28:1)
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Isa. 51:12• 12I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass; (Isa. 51:12)
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Heb. 13:5‑6• 5Let your conversation be without love of money, satisfied with your present circumstances; for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
 6So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me? (Heb. 13:5‑6)
a sore.
Lev. 26:26• 26When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (Lev. 26:26)
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Deut. 28:23‑24• 23And thy heavens which are over thy head shall be brass, and the earth which is under thee, iron.
 24Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed. (Deut. 28:23‑24)
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2 Kings 6:25• 25And there was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was worth eighty silver-pieces, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung five silver-pieces. (2 Kings 6:25)
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Jer. 14:2‑6,18• 2Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.
 3And their nobles send their little ones for water: they come to the pits, they find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are ashamed, they are confounded, and have covered their heads.
 4Because the ground is chapt, for there hath been no rain on the earth, the ploughmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.
 5For the hind also calveth in the field, and forsaketh its young, because there is no grass.
 6And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
 18If I go forth into the field, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not. (Jer. 14:2‑6,18)
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Joel 1:15‑20• 15Alas for the day! for the day of Jehovah is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
 16Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?
 17The seeds are rotten under their clods, the granaries are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
 18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.
 19To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
 20The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Joel 1:15‑20)
• God could well give rain without Elijah or by someone other than the prophet, but He never sets His seal upon disobedience or independence; and it is this which so often strikes the work of God’s children with barrenness. (“Elijah and Obadiah: 1 Kings 18:1-16” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Elijah went to shew himself to Ahab. And the famine was severe in Samaria.