King James Version
1 Kings 18:2 in the King James Version says “And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.”
1 Kings 18:2 · KJV
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.
And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: Obadiah: Heb. Obadiahu the governor: Heb. over his house
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.) Jezebel: Heb. Izebel
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And Elijah”
H452elijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other israelites
“to shew”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“himself unto Ahab”
H256achab, the name of a king of israel and of a prophet at babylon
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