1 Kings 18:2

2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,

1 Kings 18:2 in Other Translations

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

2 So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria.

2 So Elijah went to appear before Ahab. Meanwhile, the famine had become very severe in Samaria.

2 Elijah set out to present himself to Ahab. The drought in Samaria at the time was most severe.

2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 18:2

And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab
Which showed his cheerful and ready obedience to the will of God, and his great courage and magnanimity, to face a king enraged against him, and that sought his life:

and there was a sore famine in Samaria;
the metropolis of the kingdom, where Ahab kept his court, and therefore must be sensible of it, and bore the greater indignation against the prophet who had foretold it.

1 Kings 18:2 In-Context

1 After a long time, in the third year, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.”

2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria,

3 and Ahab had summoned Obadiah, his palace administrator. (Obadiah was a devout believer in the LORD.

4 While Jezebel was killing off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)

5 Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:26