2 Samuel 21:1 - The Scriptures 1998

And there was a scarcity of food in the days of Dawiḏ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

THERE WAS a three-year famine in the days of David, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. The Lord replied, It is on account of Saul and his bloody house, for he put to death the Gibeonites.

American Standard Version (1901)

And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of Jehovah. And Jehovah said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites.

Common English Bible

There was a famine for three years in a row during David’s rule. David asked the LORD about this, and the LORD said, “It is caused by Saul and his household, who are guilty of bloodshed because he killed the people of Gibeon.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And a famine occurred, during the days of David, for three years continuously. And David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: "This is because of Saul, and his house of bloodshed. For he killed the Gibeonites."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And there was a famine in the days of David for three years successively: and David consulted the oracle of the Lord. And the Lord said: It is for Saul, and his bloody house, because he slew the Gabaonites.

2 Samuel 21:1 Cross References

Genesis 12:10

And a scarcity of food came to be in the land, and Aḇ

Genesis 26:1

And there was a scarcity of food in the land, besides the first scarcity of food which was in the days of Aḇ

Genesis 41:57

And all the earth came to Yosĕ

Genesis 42:5

And the sons of Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 43:1

But the scarcity of food was severe in the land.

2 Samuel 16:8

“יהוה  has brought upon you all the blood of the house of Sha’ul, in whose place you have reigned. And יהוה  has given the reign into the hand of Aḇ

2 Samuel 20:26

and Ira the Yaʽ

2 Samuel 21:5

And they said to the sovereign, “The man who consumed us and plotted against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in all the border of Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 24:1

And again the displeasure of יהוה  burned against Yisra’ĕ

2 Samuel 5:19

And Dawiḏ

2 Samuel 5:23

And when Dawiḏ

1 Kings 17:1

And Ě

1 Kings 18:2

Thereupon Ě

2 Kings 6:25

And there was a great scarcity of food in Shomeron. And see, they besieged it until a donkey’s head went at eighty pieces of silver, and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five pieces of silver.

2 Kings 8:1

And Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, “Rise up and go, you and your household, and sojourn wherever you do sojourn, for יהוה  has called for a scarcity of food, and also, it is coming upon the land for seven years.”

Job 10:2

I say to Eloah, ‘Do not declare me wrong, show me why You strive with me.

Psalm 27:8

To my heart You have said, “Seek My face.” Your face, יהוה, I seek.

Psalm 50:15

“And call upon Me in the day of distress – Let Me rescue you, and you esteem Me.”

Psalm 91:15

“When he calls on Me, I answer him; I am with him in distress; I deliver him and esteem him.

Leviticus 26:26

‘When I have cut off your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall bring back to you your bread by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.

Numbers 27:21

“And he is to stand before Elʽ

Joshua 7:1

But the children of Yisra’ĕ

Joshua 9:20

“Let us do this to them: We shall keep them alive, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them.”

Ruth 1:1

And it came to be, in the days when the rulers ruled, that there was a scarcity of food in the land. And a man from Bĕ

1 Samuel 10:22

And they asked again of יהוה, “Has the man come here yet?” And יהוה  answered, “See, he has hidden by the baggage.”

1 Samuel 23:11

“Are the landowners of Qeʽ

1 Samuel 23:2

So Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 23:4

And Dawiḏ