1 Kings 18:45

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And after a very little time, the heaven became black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went in his carriage to Jezreel.

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  • Num 25:8 : 8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.
  • Josh 17:16 : 16 And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites living in the valley have iron war-carriages, those in Beth-shean and its towns as well as those in the valley of Jezreel.
  • Josh 19:18 : 18 And their limit was to Jezreel and Chesulloth and Shunem
  • 2 Sam 2:9 : 9 And made him king over Gilead and the Asherites and over Jezreel and Ephraim and Benjamin, that is, over all Israel.
  • 2 Sam 21:14 : 14 And they put them with the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the resting-place of Kish, his father, in Zela in the country of Benjamin; they did all the king had given them orders to do. And after that, God gave ear to their prayers for the land.
  • 1 Kgs 18:39-40 : 39 And when the people saw it, they all went down on their faces, and said, The Lord, he is God, the Lord, he is God. 40 And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal, let not one of them get away. So they took them, and Elijah made them go down to the stream Kishon, and put them to death there.
  • 1 Kgs 21:1 : 1 Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23 : 23 And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.
  • 2 Kgs 9:16 : 16 So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.

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  • 1 Kgs 18:41-44
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    41Then Elijah said to Ahab, Up! take food and drink, for there is a sound of much rain.

    42So Ahab went up to have food and drink, while Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he went down on the earth, putting his face between his knees.

    43And he said to his servant, Go now, and take a look in the direction of the sea. And he went up, and after looking said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times; and he went seven times.

    44And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
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    46And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:1-3
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    1Now after a long time, the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, Go and let Ahab see you, so that I may send rain on the earth.

    2So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

    3And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;

  • 1 Kgs 21:27-29
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    27Hearing these words, Ahab, in great grief, put haircloth on his flesh and went without food, sleeping in haircloth, and going about quietly.

    28Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    29Do you see how Ahab has made himself low before me? because he has made himself low before me, I will not send the evil in his life-time, but in his son's time I will send the evil on his family.

  • 1 Kgs 17:1-2
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    1And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.

    2Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:16-17
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    16So Obadiah went to Ahab and gave him the news; and Ahab went to see Elijah.

    17And when he saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Is it you, you troubler of Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 21:16-18
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    16So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.

    17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,

    18Go down to Ahab, king of Israel, in Samaria; see, he is in the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite, where he has gone to take it as his heritage.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11
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    11And while they went on their way, going on talking together, suddenly there were carriages and horses of fire separating them from one another and Elijah went up to heaven in a great wind.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1-3
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    1Ahab gave Jezebel news of all Elijah had done, and how he had put all the prophets to death with the sword.

    2Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.

    3And he got up, fearing for his life, and went in flight, and came to Beer-sheba in Judah, parting there from his servant;

  • 2 Kgs 2:1
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    1Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a great wind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

  • 1 Kgs 18:11-13
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    11And now you say, Go, say to your lord, Elijah is here.

    12And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

    13Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

  • Jas 5:17-18
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    17Elijah was a man of flesh and blood as we are, and he made a strong prayer that there might be no rain; and there was no rain on the earth for three years and six months.

    18And he made another prayer, and the heaven sent down rain and the earth gave her fruit.

  • 1 Kgs 17:7-8
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    7Now after a time the stream became dry, because there was no rain in the land.

    8Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 18:20
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    20So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:5-6
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    5And Ahab said to Obadiah, Come, let us go through all the country, to all the fountains of water and all the rivers, and see if there is any grass to be had for the horses and the transport beasts, so that we may be able to keep some of the beasts from destruction.

    6So they went through all the country, covering it between them; Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another by himself.

  • 2 Kgs 9:16
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    16So Jehu got into his carriage and went to Jezreel, for Joram was ill in bed there; and Ahaziah, king of Judah, had come down to see Joram.

  • 1 Kgs 21:1
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    1Now Naboth the Jezreelite had a vine-garden in Jezreel, near the house of Ahab, king of Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 1:15
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    15Then the angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; have no fear of him. So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
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    13Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 9:20-21
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    20And the watchman gave them word, saying, He went up to them and has not come back again; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu, son of Nimshi, for he is driving violently.

    21Then Joram said, Make ready. So they made his carriage ready; and Joram, king of Israel, with Ahaziah, king of Judah, went out in their carriages for the purpose of meeting Jehu; and they came face to face with him at the field of Naboth the Jezreelite.

  • 2 Kgs 10:10
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    10You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.

  • 1 Sam 12:18
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    18So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:13
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    13And Elijah, hearing it, went out, covering his face with his robe, and took his place in the opening of the hole. And there a voice came to him saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 10:16-17
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    16And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

    17And when he came to Samaria, he put to death all those of Ahab's family who were still in Samaria, till there were no more of them, as the Lord had said to Elijah.

  • 1 Kgs 19:11
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    11Then he said, Go out and take your place on the mountain before the Lord. Then the Lord went by, and mountains were parted by the force of a great wind, and rocks were broken before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind there was an earth-shock, but the Lord was not in the earth-shock.

  • 1 Kgs 19:9
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    9And there he went into a hole in the rock for the night; then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, What are you doing here, Elijah?

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
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    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.

  • Ps 18:12
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    12Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and fire.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36
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    36Then at the time of the offering, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be seen this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things by your order.

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
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    9And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?