1 Kings 18:2
Good News Translation
So Elijah started out. The famine in Samaria was at its worst,

New Revised Standard Version
So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

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And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.

went to shew

Psalm 27:1 The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 51:4 To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Isaiah 51:12 I myself will comfort you: who art thou, that thou shouldst be afraid of a mortal man, and of the son of man, who shall wither away like grass?

Hebrews 13:5,6 Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have. For he hath said: I will not leave thee: neither will I forsake thee. . . .

a sore

Leviticus 26:26 After I shall have broken the staff of your bread: so that ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and give it out by weight: and you shall eat, and shall not be filled,

Deuteronomy 28:23,24 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. . . .

2 Kings 6:25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver.

Jeremiah 14:2-6,18 Judea hath mourned, and the gates thereof are fallen, and are become obscure on the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. . . .

Joel 1:15-20 Ah, ah, ah, for the day: because the day of the Lord is at hand, and it shall come like destruction from the mighty. . . .

Context
Elijah Confronts Ahab
1After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go, and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth. 2And Elias went to shew himself to Achab, and there was a grievous famine in Samaria.3And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.…
Cross References
1 Kings 18:1
After many days, the word of the Lord came to Elias, in the third year, saying: Go, and shew thyself to Achab, that I may give rain upon the face of the earth.

1 Kings 18:3
And Achab called Abdias the governor of his house: now Abdias feared the Lord very much.

1 Kings 18:1
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