1 Kings 17:1

Elijah Visits a Widow in Sidonian Territory

17:1 Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), ¹  there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command.” ² 

1 Kings 18:1

Elijah Meets the King’s Servant

18:1 Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, ³  “Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground.”

1 Kings 18:5

18:5 Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ⁴  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ⁵  some of the animals.”

1 Kings 18:12

18:12 But when I leave you, the Lord’s spirit will carry you away so I can’t find you. ⁶  If I go tell Ahab I’ve seen you, he won’t be able to find you and he will kill me. ⁷  That would not be fair, ⁸  because your servant has been a loyal follower of ⁹  the Lord from my youth.

1 Kings 18:44

18:44 The seventh time the servant ¹⁰  said, “Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man’s hand, is rising up from the sea.” Elijah ¹¹  then said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won’t overtake you.’” ¹² 

1 Kings 20:13

The Lord Delivers Israel

20:13 Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Do you see this huge army? ¹³  Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’”

1 Kings 21:4

21:4 So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, ¹⁴  “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” ¹⁵  He lay down on his bed, pouted, ¹⁶  and would not eat.

1 Kings 21:15

21:15 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she ¹⁷  said to Ahab, “Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he’s dead.”

1 Kings 21:29

21:29 “Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse ¹⁸  before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son.” ¹⁹ 

1 Kings 22:39

22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. ²⁰ 

[17:1]  ¹ tn Heb “before whom I stand.”

[17:1]  ² tn Heb “except at the command of my word.”

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “the word of the Lord came to Elijah.”

[18:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “grass.”

[18:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “to cut off.”

[18:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “to [a place] which I do not know.”

[18:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I will go to inform Ahab and he will not find you and he will kill me.”

[18:12]  ⁹ tn The words “that would not be fair” are added to clarify the logic of Obadiah’s argument.

[18:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “has feared the Lord” (also see the note at 1 Kgs 18:3).

[18:44]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elijah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:44]  ¹¹ tn Heb “so that the rain won’t restrain you.”

[20:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “this great horde.”

[21:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “on account of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite spoke to him.”

[21:4]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I will not give to you the inheritance of my fathers.”

[21:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “turned away his face.”

[21:15]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Jezebel”; the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun (“she”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[21:29]  ¹⁷ tn Or “humbles himself.” The expression occurs a second time later in this verse.

[21:29]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “I will not bring the disaster during his days, [but] in the days of his son I will bring the disaster on his house.”

[22:39]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “As for the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did, and the house of ivory which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”