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1 Kings 18:1 KJV
1 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 1
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.1 Kings 18:1 · King James Version
1 Kings 18:1 in context
1And 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.
2And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
3And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ElijahʼÊlîyâhElijah, the name of the famous prophet and of two other IsraelitesH452 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- thirdshᵉlîyshîythirdH7992 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
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In these verses we find, I. The sad state of Israel at this time, upon two accounts: - 1. Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord (Kg1 18:4), slew them, Kg1 18:13. Being an idolater, she was a persecutor, and made Ahab one.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-16