1 Kings 18:2 (KJV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.

1 Kings 18:2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

1 Kings 18:3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:

1 Kings 18:4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elijah", "went", "shew", "himself", "ahab", "sore", "famine", and "samaria". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elijah" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And it came to pass after many..." into verse 3's "And Ahab called Obadiah which was the...", so "elijah" and "went" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elijah" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.