1 Kings 18:1
And the days are many, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Elijah in the third year, saying, 'Go, appear unto Ahab, and I give rain on the face of the ground;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:4then I have given your rains in their season, and the land hath given her produce, and the tree of the field doth give its fruit;
1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, saith unto Ahab, 'Jehovah, God of Israel, liveth, before whom I have stood, there is not these years dew and rain, except according to my word.'
1 Kings 17:15And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household — days;
1 Kings 18:15And Elijah saith, 'Jehovah of Hosts liveth, before whom I have stood, surely to-day I appear unto him.'
Isaiah 5:6And I make it a waste, It is not pruned, nor arranged, And gone up have brier and thorn, And on the thick clouds I lay a charge, From raining upon it rain.
Jeremiah 14:22Are there among the vanities of the nations any causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Art not Thou He, O Jehovah our God? And we wait for thee, for Thou — Thou hast done all these!
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 →