1 Kings 18:1
For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: “Go and meet with King Ahab and tell him that I will soon send rain.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
2So Elijah went to talk to Ahab. In Samaria there was almost no food for anyone to eat.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4I will send rain for you at the proper/right times, in order that crops will grow on your land and there will be plenty of fruit on your trees.
1 Kings 17:1Elijah was a prophet who lived in Tishbe town in the Gilead region. One day he went to King Ahab and said to him, “Yahweh is the God whom we Israelis worship and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years, if I do not command rain to fall!”
1 Kings 17:15So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day,
1 Kings 18:15But Elijah replied, “Yahweh, the Almighty One whom I serve [IDM], knows that I am telling the truth as I solemnly declare that I will go to meet with Ahab today.”
Isaiah 5:6I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns [DOU] grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.”
Jeremiah 14:22Those idols that have been brought from other nations certainly cannot [RHQ] bring rain to us, and the sky certainly cannot [RHQ] cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you to help us.”
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 18:1
We left the prophet Elijah wrapt up in obscurity. It does not appear that either the increase of the provision or the raising of the child had caused him to be taken notice of at Zarephath, for then Ahab would have discovered him; he would rather do good than be known to do it. But in this chapter his appearance was as public as before his retirement was close; the days appointed for his concealment (which was part of the judgment upon Israel) being finished, he is now commanded to show himself to Ahab, and to… Read the whole commentary →