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1 Kings

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And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
And Elijah Elijah Noun H452 אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ e·li·ya·hu,
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went along Verb H1980 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ vai·ye·lech
to shew advise self Verb H7200 לְהֵרָאֹ֖ות le·he·ra·'o·vt
himself unto Ahab Ahab Noun H256 אַחְאָ֑ב ach·'av;
famine dearth Noun H7458 וְהָרָעָ֖ב ve·ha·ra·'av
And [there was] a sore harder Adjective H2389 חָזָ֥ק cha·zak
in Samaria Samaria Noun H8111 בְּשֹׁמְרֹֽון׃ be·sho·me·ro·vn.
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Locations

Samaria

SAMARIA, CITY OFsa-ma'-ri-a, (shomeron; Samareia, Semeron, and other forms):(1) Shechem was the first capital of the Northern Kingdom (1 Kings 12:25). Jeroboam seems later to have removed the royal residence to Tirzah (1 Kings 14:17). After the brief reigns of Elah and Zimri came that of Omri, who reigned 6 years in Tirzah, then he purchased the hill of Sama... View Details

People

Elijah

Elijah [N] [B] [H]  [S] whose God is Jehovah.  "The Tishbite," the "Elias" of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but it is impossible to say whether this was the place referred to in the name given to the prophet.  Having deliver... View Details

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King James Bible And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
Hebrew Greek English And So Elijah went to shew show himself unto to Ahab. And there was a sore Now the famine was severe in Samaria.
New American Standard Bible 1995 And So Elijah went to shew show himself unto to Ahab. And there was a sore Now the famine was severe in Samaria.