1 Kings 18:2

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

"And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria." - 1 Kings 18:2
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What does 1 Kings 18:2 mean?

1 Kings 18:2 (KJV): "And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria." The verse 1 Kings 18:2 from the King James Version of the Bible is part of the Old Testament and is a significant passage in the story of the prophet Elijah. To fully…

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Courage Amidst Scarcity: A Divine Encounter

In our journey through the scriptures, few stories echo the relentless pursuit of faith amidst an environment riddled with despair more poignantly than the unfolding narrative of Elijah’s confrontation with Ahab. The verse from 1 Kings 18:2 states, "And Elijah went to shew…

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A Prayer for Divine Intervention in Times of Famine

Heavenly Father, Creator of all that is seen and unseen, As I come before You in humility and reverence, I am reminded of the powerful story of Elijah, Your faithful prophet. In 1 Kings 18:2, we read that, "And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine…

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1 Kings 18:2 - "And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria."
2 Kings 1:18 - "Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 2:18 - "And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king."
2 Kings 18:1 - "Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign."
2 Kings 14:18 - "And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
1 Kings 19:1-18
"Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?" - 2 Kings 1:18
"And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king." - 1 Kings 2:18
1 Kings 4:18 - "Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:"
1 Kings 9:18 - "And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,"
1 Kings 1:18 - "And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:"
2 Kings 18:18 - "And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder."
2 Kings 8:18 - "And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD."
2 Kings 18:15 - "And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house."
2 Kings 18:36 - "But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not."
1 Kings 10:18 - "¶ Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold."
"And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?" - 2 Kings 14:18
2 Kings 3:18 - "And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand."
Elijah in the scene 1 Kings 18:36–38
2 Kings 18:33 - "Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?"
2 Kings 18:5 - "He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him."
2 Kings 16:18 - "And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria."
2 Kings 2:18 - "And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?"
2 Kings 4:18 - "¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers."
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 19:2
2 Kings 18:3 - "And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did."
2 Kings 25:18 - "¶ And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:"
1 Kings 18:35 - "And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water."