וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֵֽלִיָּ֔הוּ לְהֵרָא֖וֹת אֶל־אַחְאָ֑ב וְהָרָעָ֖ב חָזָ֥ק בְּשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃
And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And the famine was sore in Samaria.
Read kabbalistic (mystical) interpretation of I Kings 18:2: and classical mystical sources.